Press releases in 2011

The final report of Sri Lanka’s Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), released publicly today, acknowledges serious human rights problems in Sri Lanka but falls short of fully addressing...

King Abdullah urged to prevent ‘horrific’ punishments Six men facing amputation of their right hands and left feet for “highway robbery” in Saudi Arabia must have their sentences commuted by the king...

The shocking murder of a journalist shot dead in the Russian republic of Dagestan last night is a terrible sign of the risks journalists in Dagestan face, Amnesty International said today...

Chinese state media reports that Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng violated probation and will be sent back to prison are shocking Amnesty International said today Catherine Baber, Amnesty...

Following the passage in the US House of Representatives, the expected passage in the US Senate, and President Obama’s reported decision not to veto the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA), Tom...

DJ Reggie Yates and MP David Blunkett might not have much in common – but they agree that removing Citizenship from the national curriculum would be a bad move. Yesterday (14 December), former Home...

‘To try to contain their immense drug problem, the Iranian authorities have carried out a killing spree of staggering proportions’ - Ann Harrison This year has seen a dramatic rise in the number of...

Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of the imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad and criticised Egypt’s military rulers for a continuing pattern of abuse after his...

Amnesty International today called on the Chinese authorities to end violent and illegal land grabs, as protests by villagers in the southern province of Guangdong continued following the death in...

Spanish authorities must stop the practice of police selecting individuals for identity checks based on their ethnic or racial characteristics, Amnesty International said in a report published today...