Press releases in 2012

The US state of Texas is set to carry out its 250th execution under the governorship of Rick Perry. The execution - of 41-year-old Donnie Roberts, convicted of murder in 2004 - is scheduled for 6pm...

The full extent of the sexual violence during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina that shattered the lives of thousands of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights across the...

The Bahrain government’s ban on all rallies and gatherings in the country violates the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and must be lifted immediately, Amnesty International has...

Ingabire, President of the United Democratic Forces (FDU-Inkingi), was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday. Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Africa Director Sarah Jackson said: “The...

‘These convictions … are reminiscent of practices under Ben Ali’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Amnesty International has called on the Tunisian authorities to quash the convictions of journalists Sofiene...

A poet facing a secret trial in Qatar after being detained since last year is a possible prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally if he is detained solely for his...

‘It is not a criminal matter, but a matter of cooperation between law enforcement agencies about which I don’t know anything’ - Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesman The recent abduction of...

Two Vietnamese songwriters who face up to 20 years in jail for writing songs criticising their government should be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today, ahead of...

Amnesty International today welcomed the news that a British arms dealer Gary Hyde had been found guilty on charges of illicit arms deals. The international arms dealer and former director of York...

Amnesty International has condemned a suicide bombing earlier today at the Eid Gah mosque in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province in Afghanistan. At least 40 people were killed in the attack as...