Press releases in 2011

Military trials, torture, crushed demonstrations, arrests of critics, use of ‘thugs’, expanded emergency laws - Mubarak-era tactics being used ‘The brutal and heavy-handed response to protests in the...

"The violent policing seen over the weekend is reminiscent of the repression during '25 January revolution'" - Philip Luther Full report and media via this press release Egypt’s Supreme Council of the...

The National Transitional Council (NTC) must transfer Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to face investigation at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today after reports that he has...

Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Russia’s second largest city not to enact a homophobic bill, saying it would threaten freedom of expression and fuel discrimination against the...

The Iraqi authorities must commute all death sentences and ensure verdicts are not based on forced confessions involving torture, Amnesty International said today, after 11 people convicted of...

Twitter and Facebook campaign targets Idaho governor CL ‘Butch’ Otter The US state of Idaho should prevent its first execution in 17 years, Amnesty International has urged ahead of tomorrow's planned...

Responding to today’s speech from the Foreign Secretary William Hague on the work of the intelligence agencies, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “William Hague is perfectly justified...

Amnesty International is launching a new Write for Rights campaign in celebration of the organisation’s 50th anniversary and to mark International Human Rights Day. Amnesty, the pioneers of activism...

Peter Gabriel is supporting Amnesty International on his four-date tour of Chile, Argentina and Mexico, starting tonight in Santiago in Chile. The singer, who is a longstanding champion of the human...

Amnesty International lambasted the Azerbaijani government for its appalling record on human rights in a new report released today. Amnesty has urged the international community to wake up to the...