Press releases in 2011

The two death sentences handed down in Belarus today followed a trial that has failed to meet international fair trial standards, said Amnesty International. Dzmitry Kanavalau was convicted for...

Responding to a decision earlier this week to commute the sentences of five United Arab Emirates activists who had been convicted of insulting UAE officials, a coalition of human rights organisations...

Responding to the publication today of reports by the National Board for Safeguarding Children's rights in the Catholic Church, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty...

More than 2,500 child offenders serving life without parole sentences Christi Cheramie clemency application to be submitted today in Louisiana The authorities in the USA must ban the imposition of...

The Azerbaijan Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of the 20-year-old political activist Jabbar Savalan. The news was greeted with disappointment by Amnesty International, who have been...

The success of the US Secretary of State’s visit to Burma should be measured on whether the authorities respond immediately by undertaking bold and far-reaching human rights reforms, Amnesty...

Amnesty International has urged states to act on a UN report confirming that Syrian security forces committed crimes against humanity during their violent crackdown on demonstrators this year. The UN...

Declaring a baseless state of emergency targeting an ethnic minority and maintaining it in force for three and half years is illegal and discriminatory. Mario Monti’s cabinet must make things right...

An Amnesty International fact-finding team is in Egypt and available for interview. The team is in Egypt investigating human rights violations committed against protesters in demonstrations in Cairo...

On 1st December, acclaimed artist Stuart Semple will host a live-art-letter-writing event in the Amnesty Shop @ BOXPARK (Amnesty’s first retail concept store, featuring collaborations by British...