Press releases in 2014

Protesters taking to the streets across Brazil during the World Cup risk facing indiscriminate police and military violence as the country steps up efforts to control demonstrations, Amnesty Intern

“When governments like the UK fail to speak out publicly, it fuels a sense that China can get away with murder.” - Kate Allen

This morning, Wednesday 4 June, Chinese community leaders will gather in Belfast to lay flowers to remember those killed in China&r

On the eve of the 25 th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Amnesty International has documented a further 30 activists who have been persecuted as the Chinese

‘The right to freedom of assembly has long been limited in Russia, but it is now in danger of being lost altogether’ - Denis Krivosheev

Mansur Mingelov had collected evidence of police torture before suffering unfair trial

The Chinese authorities must end the persecution of people attempting to mark the 25 th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International said after a Chinese-born Australian

Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement from the Northern Ireland Executive that it will publish the long-delayed Racial Equality Strategy before Stormont's summer recess.

Crackdown has seen ‘Islamicisation’ of university curriculums to banish ‘Western’ influences