Press releases in 2012

Later today Shell will announce their first quarter results. It is expected that they will reveal profits in the billions of pounds range. Yet the people of the Niger Delta continue to suffer as a...

Sophie Okonedo, the Academy Award nominated actor, has taken a leading role in a new short film created by Amnesty International which calls on Shell to take responsibility for its actions in the...

The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) must take steps to ensure that residents in the south-eastern city of Kufra are protected from reckless fire and receive immediate access to medical care...

The postponement of the appeals trial for 14 jailed opposition activists is toying with the life of prominent activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for 75 days in prison...

Amnesty International has welcomed a call by Irish Foreign Affairs Minister, Eamon Gilmore, for Northern Ireland party leaders to get around a negotiating table to deliver the long-awaited Bill of...

Ahead of a visit tomorrow (Tuesday 24 April) by a delegation from China's Shandong province to Scotland, Amnesty International has called on the Scottish Government to raise concerns about human...

European governments must do more to challenge the negative stereotypes and prejudices against Muslims that are fuelling discrimination across the continent, a new report by Amnesty International...

Presidential elections in Dominican Republic offer an "extraordinary opportunity" in the battle for human rights, Amnesty International said as it urged candidates to take a public stand on a range of...

'The volume of oil spilt at Bodo was more than 60 times the volume Shell has repeatedly claimed leaked’- Amnesty International A major oil spill in the Niger Delta was far worse than Shell previously...

A political declaration by the 47 Council of Europe member states fails to address key challenges faced by the European Court of Human Rights even if it contains some positive measures, Amnesty...