Press releases in 2014

Written statement from top counter-terrorism official shows for first time that GCHQ believes it has right to intercept all US web company traffic in UK

Prime Minister David Cameron must ensure human rights are as high on the agenda as trade in his meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in London later this week, Amnesty International said today.

The European Union (EU) must do everything it can to ensure Serbia addresses the culture of impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, committed by Serbian police, military and

David Cameron should not shy away from the subject of human rights as he meets with the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang this week warns Amnesty International.

‘Thousands of people in Yarmouk and other areas are enduring a terrible lingering fate’ - Kristyan Benedict

‘The Brazilian authorities must, without delay, investigate why excessive force was used against peaceful protesters’ - Atila Roque

‘A centuries-old legal principle of justice being done in the open shouldn't be easily sacrificed’ - Allan Hogarth

The trial against a group of peaceful activists charged with organising ‘unlawful’ protests that swept Turkey a year ago is politically motivated and must be abandoned, said Amnesty Int

Fall of Mosul and Tikrit come after carnage in Anbar