Press Releases

Amnesty International is concerned that a sweeping new law to police migrants set to be introduced into the US state of Arizona will result in human rights violations, including racial profiling...

Respect for human rights should be a top priority for all the presidential candidates in Colombia, Amnesty International said today as it sent an open letter to all those standing in the 30 May...

As the UN’s Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict Margot Wallstrom, described the DRC as the ‘rape capital of the world’, Amnesty International echoed her call to bring the...

Amnesty International has urged the Mexican authorities to investigate an attack on human rights observers in the state of Oaxaca, that reportedly left at least two people killed and several injured...

Amnesty International today condemned a Moldovan appeal court's decision to uphold a ban on an upcoming pro-equality march due to "security and public morality concerns". LGBTI (LGBT) rights activists...

Amnesty International urges the Rwandan Government to ensure that opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, receives a swift, fair trial on charges including genocide ideology and collaboration with a...

Ahead of an election broadcast for the Labour Party by Stephen Hopkins, director of the hit television series “24”, Amnesty International UK Head of Policy and Government Affairs Jeremy Croft said:...

Amnesty International and other organisations welcomed the launch of Sierra Leone’s policy to implement free healthcare for pregnant Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, new...

UK among countries defying UN over returning refused asylum-seekers despite violence Amnesty International has today called on the Iraqi authorities to urgently step up the protection of civilians...

Amnesty International strongly condemns the diminishing space for freedom of expression in Rwanda as the country prepares for presidential elections in August 2010. As part of its continued clampdown...