Press releases in 2013

India must immediately halt the impending executions of four prisoners whose mercy petitions, the final course of appeal in the country’s justice system, have been rejected by President Pranab...

‘The government of Bahrain cannot carry on imprisoning people simply because it can’t take criticism’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Jailed prisoners of conscience - including doctors and teachers - in...

A Milan Appeals Court has ruled that two former top Italian intelligence officials and three Italian agents were involved in the kidnapping of an Egyptian national Abu Omar. The two senior officials...

Petition to US embassy demands resolution in Shaker Aamer case Amnesty International will take a 20,000-strong petition addressed to US president Barack Obama to the US embassy in London later this...

Amnesty International UK, the National Union of Students and The Observer today issued a final call to students to enter the prestigious Student Human Rights Reporter award. The final deadline for...

The Burmese government’s decision to form a committee to review political prisoner cases is a step in the right direction but the review needs to have a much wider reach, Amnesty International has...

A 20-year-old woman has become the latest victim of sorcery-related killings in Papua New Guinea. Kepari Leniata was brutally murdered after being accused of using witchcraft to kill a young boy. She...

Reports by Zimbabwean state media that a new hangman has been appointed raises grave fears that the country may be preparing to start executions again after a seven-year hiatus, Amnesty International...

Britain’s youngsters have just a few days left to enter the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The competition aims to find the young reporters and photographers of tomorrow and is...

Amnesty international has warned that any new military ties between the UK and Libya, Somalia and Burma must only be established if there are “comprehensive safeguards” against human rights abuses...