Press releases in 2014

Hong Kong’s police failed in their duty to protect hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy protesters from attacks by counter demonstrators on Friday evening, Amnesty International said.

Responding to the announcement that Scotland could remain a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights even if England follows through with Conservative proposals to withdraw, Amnesty&#39

Eight years on from Anna Politkovskaya murder, journalists still being harassed and attacked

Responding to proposals by the Conservative Party to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said:

‘The detention of Nabeel Rajab is yet another serious blow to freedom of expression in Bahrain’ - Said Boumedouha

Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels both using notorious imprecise Grad rockets

The Chinese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all those detained for peacefully showing support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Amnesty International said today.

Amnesty International has today unveiled the shortlist for its prestigious annual Media Awards. The ten categories included in the 2014 Amnesty Media Awards cover print, broadcast, photo, and

The Iranian authorities have today confirmed that a woman convicted of killing a man whom she said tried to sexually abuse her will be hanged this morning at a prison west of Tehran, in what Amnest

It is a moral disgrace that thousands of people have drowned trying to get to the safety of Europe this summer, Amnesty International said today as it published a new report.