Press releases in 2013

‘The best way for the Russian authorities to mark the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution would be to begin to uphold it’ - John Dalhuisen

Justus Nyang’aya, the Director of Amnesty International Kenya, was shot and seriously injured last night in Nairobi, Kenya, and is currently recovering in hospital, Amnesty Intern

Hungry workers from Nepal and other poor countries owed £250,000 in unpaid wages

Responding to news from his family that the British surgeon Dr Abbas Khan has died in custody in Syria, Amnesty International UK Syria Campaign Manager Kristyan Benedict said:

China’s abolition of its notorious “Re-education Through Labour” (RTL) camps is set to be no more than a “cosmetic change”, with the authorities already stepping up other

Foreign Secretary William Hague must raise human rights concerns when he visits Azerbaijan to sign a deal involving ambitious plans to build a massive gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe today.

Children arrested while at swimming pools and playing board games

Today’s hanging of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah is a disgrace, and the Bangladeshi authorities must now ensure that people are protected against reprisal attacks, said Amnesty Internation

The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council must urgently clarify its plans to deploy the new African-led peacekeeping mission to tackle the spiralling human rights and humanitarian crisis in the Central…

People not socialising for fear of being reported over anti-state comments