Press releases in 2013

The first execution in Indonesia in more than four years is a shocking and regressive step, Amnesty International said today as it urged the government not to follow through on promises to put more...

Nine government cluster bombs used on housing estate earlier this month Opposition forces are dumping bodies in a ‘hole of death’ in Damascus Within the past fortnight Syrian government forces have...

Audio of telephone interview with two of the men hours before execution is available The execution earlier today of seven men in Saudi Arabia after they were allegedly forced to “confess” to charges...

All charges must be dropped against two Timorese journalists facing prison sentences for exposing alleged corruption in their country’s judicial system, Amnesty International said. A court in East...

Amnesty International today called for an immediate halt to amputations as punishment in Sudan after the country’s Deputy Chief Justice threatened to train judges to cut off convicted criminals’ hands...

United Kingdom’s top young journalists and photographers named Amnesty International today unveiled the top ten in each of the categories for its Young Human Rights Reporter competition. Around 2,500...

Arms supplied by the world’s major powers are among those contributing to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and blighting the livelihoods of millions of people every year, Amnesty...

Sentences come on eve of visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall The sentencing of two human rights activists to five and 10 years’ imprisonment in Saudi Arabia is yet another stain...

Ten years after the US-led invasion ended the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains enmeshed in a grim cycle of human rights abuses, including attacks on civilians, torture of detainees, unfair...

An alert issued last night by the Zimbabwe police on state television which implied a prominent human rights defender, Jestina Mukoko, was on the run from the law is a new low in the recent crackdown...