Press releases in 2013

The Turkish authorities must act on today’s announcement of ceasefire by the imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdulah Ocalan, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International...

‘International law demands the fence/wall and the settlements be removed from the Occupied Palestinian Territories’ - Ann Harrison Israel’s fence/wall through the occupied West Bank - and the...

A new UN resolution passed today, does a good job of highlighting past and on-going human rights violations in Sri Lanka, but regrettably fails to establish an independent and international...

Lawyers beaten, run over and shot dead Lawyers are coming under attack in the troubled North Caucasus region of Russia, particularly when trying to represent people accused of involvement in the...

Prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa must be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said after she was denied bail in a court appearance today. Mtetwa was arrested on...

Reckless and illegal arms supplies from Europe, Africa and China to the warring parties in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) over the past decade continue to fuel grave human rights abuses and violent crime...

Amid reports Bosco Ntaganda, leader of a notorious armed group the M23 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has handed himself over to the US Embassy in Rwanda, Amnesty International has experts...

UK has key role to play in vital talks Spokesperson available on request The time has come for world leaders to address the poorly regulated global Arms that fuels grave human rights abuses of tens of...

US President Barack Obama must take the lead in securing a strong global Arms Treaty, a group of 18 Nobel Peace Prize winners said in an open letter delivered to their fellow laureate at the White...