Press releases in 2011

The killing of a prominent radio journalist in Baghdad highlights how Iraqi authorities are failing to protect media workers from continued threats and violence, Amnesty International said today. Hadi...

“This is a hugely significant finding by the UN, because it accuses the UK of not living up to its obligations under international law” Amnesty International welcomes a call from the UN to make UK...

‘That it has taken eight years since the death of Baha Mousa for the full truth to be laid bare is shameful’ - Nicola Duckworth Amnesty International has called on the UK authorities to bring to...

Libya’s neighbours must arrest Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi and others wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the former Libyan leader crosses the border, Amnesty International said today...

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) must do more to protect black Libyans, Amnesty International said today, after allegations that members of the Tawargha tribe were detained, threatened and...

US judge orders execution between 21-28 September Amnesty International has urged the Board of Pardons and Parole in the US state of Georgia to grant clemency to death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis...

Amnesty International welcomed the concern expressed by Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, today, over the way people being forcibly returned to other countries are treated during removal...

Pacific leaders meeting in Auckland on Tuesday must take urgent steps to eradicate endemic violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in the region, Amnesty...

More than a year after the launch of the country’s “Free Health Care Initiative”, pregnant Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls in Sierra Leone continue to face serious...

Deeply unfair system is just being given a ‘cheap make-over’ - Tim Hancock Amnesty International has strongly criticised government plans to introduce new anti-terrorism legislation, saying they will...