Press releases in 2012

“The persecution of Nguyen Hoang Hai is blatant and unjust” The Vietnamese authorities must end their persecution of a prisoner of conscience facing trial this week on politically motivated charges...

The resolution voted today by the UN Security Council endorsing the implementation of Kofi Annan’s plan to end the violence in Syria is a positive but belated development that must be followed up with...

The Saudi Arabian authorities must release a prominent human rights activist who is reported to have been on hunger strike for five weeks in protest at his continuing unfair imprisonment, Amnesty...

A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau underscores the country’s serious unresolved human rights concerns, Amnesty International said on Friday (13 April). On-going tensions within Guinea-Bissau’s...

As discussions around the scheduling of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain intensify, Amnesty International has today released a briefing summarising the continuing human rights crisis in Bahrain. A...

North Korea’s ‘Day of the Sun’ – the official title for the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung’s birth to be celebrated this Sunday – is an opportunity to shed light on the country’s abysmal human...

Amnesty International has responded to news of today's visit by Liu Yandong, State Councillor and the highest ranking female politician in China's Communist Party, by calling on Northern Ireland's...

‘The 40-year isolated incarceration of these two men is scandalous’ - Everette Harvey Thompson In the lead-up to the 40th “anniversary” of the solitary confinement of the “Angola 3” prisoners in the...

‘We hold the Bahraini authorities responsible for his situation’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent human rights activist whose...

A prominent Chinese housing activist jailed today on spurious charges must be released immediately, Amnesty International has said. Ni Yulan, who is disabled, was handed a two-year-and-eight-month...