Press releases in 2013

‘Not only have the authorities unfairly put him behind bars simply for expressing his views on his blog, but they are now also jeopardising his health’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui An Iranian prisoner of...

Ahead of planned country-wide protests across Iraq tomorrow over Iraqi MPs’ pension payments, Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to respect and protect protesters’ rights to...

Amnesty International is deeply saddened at news of the death of Seamus Heaney, announced today in Dublin. Seamus Heaney was a long-standing supporter of Amnesty International. He wrote the well-known...

Video footage apparently showing Angolan prison guards and fire fighters repeatedly beating and whipping prisoners is shocking and must be investigated, Amnesty International said today. The footage...

In the early hours of this morning French authorities forcibly evicted 150 people from their homes, including 60 Children's rights, as an Amnesty International researcher looked on. The 150 were all...

The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) singularly failed to investigate the abduction and murders of Kosovo Serbs in the aftermath of the 1998-1999 conflict, Amnesty International...

‘The presence of armed individuals among protesters does not allow security forces to shoot randomly’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraou Evidence collected by Amnesty International indicates that some pro-Morsi...

Amnesty International this evening declared that 2013 had been a “phenomenal year for theatre about human rights at the Fringe” as the organisation announced the winner of its prestigious annual...

‘If you’re a fan of the glam rock era it doesn’t get much more iconic than a pair of Elton John’s six-inch platform boots’ - Tim Hancock A pair of platform boots belonging to Elton John are part of a...

A flogging sentence against a 15-year-old rape victim in the Maldives has been annulled, but the girl should never have been prosecuted at all, Amnesty International said. Yesterday, a Maldives High...