Press releases in 2012

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...

Responding to fresh reports of the UK’s alleged involvement in the rendition of several people to Libya, Amnesty International UK Policy Adviser Tara Lyle said: “The allegations are mounting higher...

A vote to repeal the death penalty by the US state of Connecticut’s State Senate is a leap forward in the battle to end capital punishment, Amnesty International said today. The vote - by 20 votes to...