Press releases in 2013

The Chilean State must provide an 11 year old girl who was raped by her stepfather and is now pregnant, with all the psychological and medical support she needs, and make available all the options...

Zimbabwean police are continuing to target and intimidate human rights defenders ahead of elections later this month according to a new report published by Amnesty International today. Take action for...

*New visas now made mandatory for entry *At least 95 people sent back to Syria The Egyptian authorities should not be recklessly denying entry to Syrians and must provide anyone fleeing the conflict...

‘He was found guilty on dubious evidence in the first place and he should now be allowed to live out his last days with dignity in the care of his family’ - Tessa Murphy Amnesty International is...

The posthumous trial of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been denounced as the “height of absurdity” after a court in Moscow pronounced Mr Magnitsky guilty of tax fraud offences earlier today...

Report comes a week after Cameron’s controversial trade trip to oil-rich country Amnesty International has accused the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, of “pulling the wool over the eyes”...

‘In the future … civilians in Syria may come to curse the ready availability of UK-supplied arms in their country’ - Kristyan Benedict Amnesty International has issued a strong warning about the...

Egyptian security forces have used excessive force against supporters of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi, according to new evidence gathered by Amnesty International. Read the evidence: Unlawful...

The Russian authorities must urgently investigate the killing of a journalist this morning in the North Caucasus, Amnesty International said today. Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev was assassinated by an...

Responding to the finding of an inquest jury today that the death of the Angolan man Jimmy Mubenga during his removal from the UK in 2010 was the result of an unlawful killing, Amnesty International...