Press releases in 2011

Army investigation into Maspero violence ‘unacceptable’ The authorities must stop trying civilians before unfair military courts, Amnesty International said today, after a prominent Egyptian blogger...

New briefing on Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s rights also published Egyptian political parties must ensure that there are ten key human rights reforms to deliver the new...

Comments ahead of ‘No More Blood - No More Fear’ march and rally outside Syrian embassy in London today, 12-4pm Speaking ahead of a major demonstration in London later today against the ongoing...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi must be allowed to surrender to the International Criminal Court to face investigation for crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that the...

Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger will tell a Belfast crowd this evening (Friday) that social media websites like Twitter can help drive a worldwide human rights revolution. But she also issued a...

Lithuania urged to re-open its own investigation Lithuania’s failure to investigate its role in the US-led rendition programme has forced an alleged victim of secret detention to take his case to the...

Ja’far Panahi and other filmmakers still being targeted The release of the Iranian actress sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison after appearing in a banned film highlights the need to release...

Amnesty International is joining with Syrians in the UK for a “No More Blood - No More Fear” march and rally outside the Syrian embassy in London on Saturday 29 October (12-4pm). The event will see...

“If you rob somebody and this person files a complaint, if the police identify you as the robber, they look for you and without letting you speak they shoot at you.” More than one in ten of all...

The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (24 October). The 39-page...