Press releases in 2013

A Russian court’s decision to uphold a ban on videos of Pussy Riot’s protest performance in a Moscow cathedral last year highlights the escalating clampdown on freedom of expression in the country...

Conditions in the jail are ‘truly appalling’ - Philip Luther Amnesty International has expressed concern at the situation in a Yemeni prison where scores of Children's rights are on hunger strike to...

Gael García Bernal, the star of the Oscar-nominated film ‘NO’, will take part in a Q and A with Amnesty International to be broadcast live on YouTube at 3.45pm today (31 January 2013), ahead of the...

Amnesty International’s researcher in Egypt has collected testimony that points to the use of excessive force by the security forces in Port Said. Diana Eltahawy said: “It’s quite clear from the...

‘If this Bill becomes law we will end up with … a secret justice system straight from the pages of a Kafka novel’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International is warning that the government is set to roll back...

Violence in the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan elections which claimed 1,300 lives shows just how vital it is Kenyan police are properly prepared ahead of polls this March, Amnesty International said in...

Iran must release all journalists being held solely for carrying out their legitimate work, Amnesty International urged after at least 14 reporters were arrested in the past three days amid police...

‘The recourse to violence by some protesters does not give a blank cheque to the police to shoot and beat protesters’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Eyewitness accounts collected by Amnesty International in...

The Guardian’s acclaimed music journalist Dorian Lynskey today called on the nation’s young people to take up Amnesty International’s challenge to become the country’s next top protest song writer...