Press releases in 2014

The shooting of a 70-year old British man on death row in Pakistan today shows the complete failure of Pakistani authorities to provide adequate protection for prisoners sentenced under the country

Amnesty International has welcomed the granting of new inquests into the deaths of Patrick McVeigh and Daniel Rooney, killed in drive-by shootings in Belfast in 1972, allegedly by undercover soldie

A draft bill going through parliament in Chad will fuel homophobia and be a major backwards step for human rights in the country if passed into law, Amnesty International said today.

#WithSyria coalition launches new campaign after multiple UN Security Council failures

The life sentence handed down by a Chinese court to prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti on charges of “separatism” is an affront to justice, Amnesty International said today.

Industry has more than quadrupled in the last decade

Latest wave of Syrians fleeing Islamic State must be given sanctuary in Turkey

US-Egyptian national Mohamed Soltan is among 86 jailed activists on hunger strike