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Press releases in 2012

AMERICAS: Governments prioritise profit over indigenous peoples rights

Governments across the Americas are putting profit before the physical and cultural survival of thousands of indigenous peoples, Amnesty International warned today. In a new briefing paper published...

Iranian man facing imminent execution for possession of 'crystal meth'

Shopkeeper who received an unfair trial and was allegedly tortured could be executed at any time Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to urgently overturn a death sentence for a...

Syria: new satellite images from Aleppo reveal hundreds of shell craters

‘Turning Syria’s most populous city into a battlefield will have devastating consequences for civilians’ - Christoph Koettl Amnesty International has warned that both sides fighting in Aleppo may be...

Northern Ireland media key to ensuring good government

Amnesty International has today hosted its annual Human Rights and Journalism panel discussion on current human rights issues being debated in the press and the importance of investigative journalism...

Texas set to execute man next week despite evidence of mental disability

‘Leaving it up to Texas over how to comply … appears to be something akin to leaving the fox in charge of the henhouse’ - Rob Freer The Texas authorities should commute the death sentence of a...

Syria: findings of FSA investigation into Berri clan killings must be handed to UN inquiry

‘Killing captives is a serious violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime’ - Philip Luther The investigation announced by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) into the alleged unlawful killings...

Amnesty announces Edinburgh Festival comedy line-up

Includes Stand Up For Freedom, No Pressure to be Funny, Comics vs Critics match and new Secret Comedy Podcast “If you just see one show at Edinburgh, see Stand Up for Freedom. It’s like a taster menu...

Nigeria: Oil spill investigations 'a fiasco' in the Niger Delta - new report

Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) have challenged oil company Shell’s claims that sabotage was responsible for a seven-day-long oil spill in...

Sudanese security forces must stop using live ammunition against protesters

At least eight killed on Tuesday had bullet wounds to chests The Sudanese security forces must stop shooting protesters with live ammunition, Amnesty International said today, after confirming that at...

Putin visit: David Cameron should 'dispense with the kid gloves' on Syria and Pussy Riot

As the Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin in London today, Amnesty International has urged Mr Cameron to “dispense with the kid gloves” in talks with Mr...