Press releases in 2012

Foreign Secretary ‘must insist on practical actions not just fine words’ over opposition abuses - Kristyan Benedict As leaders of the recently-formed Syrian National Coalition meet in London today...

Pakistan’s first execution in four years is a blow to the country’s progress away from using the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. Today’s hanging by the military authorities of soldier...

Israel’s assassination of the head of Hamas’ military wing Ahmad al-Ja’abari today has placed civilians in Gaza and southern Israel at grave risk by re-igniting the armed conflict there, said Amnesty...

Amnesty International has condemned a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq that has reportedly killed at least 14 people on the eve of the Islamic New Year. The deadliest attack took place in the northern...

New leadership must show ‘in word and deed’ that they will not tolerate further abuses by armed opposition groups Syria’s new opposition leadership must act to monitor and prevent violations of...

‘It is shameful that Gaddafi-era abuses against foreigners ... have not only continued but worsened’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Amnesty International has warned (13 November) that the plight of foreign...

Amnesty is inviting people to enjoy an evening of poetry and music at Keats House in Hampstead on Thursday 22 November from 7pm. Performance poet and comedian John Hegley will host the evening and...

Perpetrators of killings and other human rights abuses during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste must not be allowed to go unpunished, Amnesty International said as the UN Security Council was...

Amnesty International today upped the pressure on the Dominican Republic to reform its police services after the tragic death of a university student in the capital Santo Domingo. Willy Florián...