Press releases in 2011

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank - including East Jerusalem - over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes, an...

Rogue Nepalese recruitment agencies are trafficking Nepalese for exploitation and forced labour in the Gulf States and Malaysia, Amnesty International said today in a new report, as it called on the...

The beheading of a woman convicted of “witchcraft and sorcery” is deeply shocking and highlights the urgent need for a halt in executions in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said today. The...

Amnesty international UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: “David Cameron’s meeting with King Hamad Al-Khalifa today is an opportunity for the Prime Minister to make it clear that Bahrain still has...

*Pre-orders begin today for four-CD collection *Studio footage of Ke$ha, Pete Townshend and We Are Augustines posted at www.RollingStone.com To mark International Human…

Amnesty International today announced the appointment of Thomas Schultz-Jagow to the newly-created post of Senior Director of Campaigns and Communications, based at the organisation’s International...

Amnesty International said today it considers three Zimbabwean human rights activists arrested this week to be “prisoners of conscience” and called for their immediate and unconditional release. The...

The Romanian authorities must re-open an investigation into CIA secret detention centres on its territory, Amnesty International said today, after new evidence of secret prisons was revealed by a...

The Russian authorities must halt police mistreatment of election protesters, journalists and detainees, said Amnesty International today, ahead of further planned opposition demonstrations in the...

‘US arms shipments to Egypt’s security forces must be stopped’ - Brian Wood Data obtained by Amnesty International shows that the USA has repeatedly transferred ammunition to Egypt despite security...