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Press releases in 2013

Libya: Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants held indefinitely in deplorable conditions

The Libyan authorities must act immediately to end the indefinite detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, including children, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today...

Afghanistan: Talks with the Taliban must focus on human rights and justice

Human rights, including women’s rights, must be integral to any peace deal with the Taliban said Amnesty International as the USA announced that it was to start direct peace talks with Afghanistan’s...

Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chinese mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to do more to prevent their operations from leading to human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today in...

Romania: Amnesty's new report labels treatment of Roma as 'total betrayal'

The Romanian authorities betray thousands of their citizens through broken promises and total disregard of their right to adequate housing, Amnesty International said in a new report published today...

Turkey: Secretive mass detentions condemned following night of 'shocking police violence'

Police in Turkey are refusing to acknowledge that they have people in custody following mass detentions carried out during the night in Istanbul, Amnesty International said today. More than a hundred...

Spanish attitude to justice a 'slap in the face' for the victims of Franco

A new report from Amnesty International has revealed that the Spanish authorities are routinely failing to investigate crimes committed during the Civil War and Franco period. Time passes, impunity...

Zimbabwe: Whatever election date, human rights monitors vital

Zimbabwe’s government must ensure there is no repeat of the violence that marred the presidential elections in 2008, Amnesty International warned today as the country’s leaders publicly disputed the...

Turkey: prime minister Erdogan's latest intervention is 'nothing short of a provocation'

Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner’s response Amnesty international has warned that the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan latest intervention in the country’s protest situation is “nothing...

Guantanamo detainee seeks victim status in Polish investigation into secret CIA prison

Announcement came at news conference in Warsaw this morning A Yemeni man held at Guantánamo has become the third person to seek “victim status” in an ongoing investigation by the Polish Prosecutor’s...

Bangladesh: Indigenous People engulfed in Chittagong Hill Tracts land conflict

The Bangladeshi government’s failure to address the contentious issue of land rights in the eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts region, has left tens of thousands landless and fostered a cycle of violent...