Press releases in 2013

‘Israeli forces must respect Palestinians’ right to protest peacefully’ - Ann Harrison Israel’s military response to protests in the West Bank is failing to respect the human rights of Palestinians...

The six women had their hands tied, were stripped naked and had hot iron rods pushed into their genitals. Their fate is unknown. The authorities in Papua New Guinea must take urgent action to prevent...

‘We are seeing arrests and charges for literally nothing more than cracking a few jokes’ - Ann Harrison Today’s charges against yet another Egyptian comedian for “defaming religion” are part of an...

One Eritrean man tortured, doused in petrol and set on fire because family couldn’t pay ransom Egypt and Sudan must make urgent and concerted efforts to stop asylum-seekers and refugees being...

Past sentences have included eye-gouging and tooth extraction A ruling reportedly issued by a court in Saudi Arabia sentencing a man to a paralysis punishment is “utterly shocking” and should on no...

Video footage and spokespeople available in New York and London Today, governments at the United Nations in New York adopted an Arms Treaty by a wide margin that will prohibit states from transferring...

The Cure are promoting Amnesty International’s new “My Body, My Rights” campaign on their eight-date tour of South America this month. During The Cure’s “LatAm2013” tour, the group’s first in the...

The release of seven prisoners in Sudan overnight after yesterday’s announcement of a prisoner amnesty has been described by Amnesty International as “barely scratching the surface”. The releases...