Press Releases

Amnesty International today called for the unconditional release of 16 Belarusian activists and journalists charged with ‘organising mass disorder’ following a post-election demonstration in December...

Victim was arrested after New Year’s Day Coptic church bombing Amnesty International has today urged the Egyptian authorities to order security police to stop harassing and intimidating the family of...

Detention centre reaches ninth ‘anniversary’ - denounced as ‘miserable milestone’ Letter hand-in at US embassy at 2pm In a letter to be handed in this afternoon (11 January) to the US embassy in...

Please note that journalist Shiva Nazar Ahari has been sentenced to four years in detention and 74 lashes but she is currently not detained as she is out on bail. Apologies for any confusion caused by...

Amnesty International has urged the Tunisian authorities to ensure the safety of anti-government protesters after security forces reportedly killed at least 23 people in protests over the weekend...

Amnesty International today urged authorities in the Dominican Republic to immediately halt the mass deportation of Haitian migrants amid claims by the authorities that the move is necessary to...

Amnesty International has condemned an ongoing crackdown by the Tunisian authorities of protests sparked by the attempted suicide of a young fruit seller who later died of his injuries. The...

Amnesty publishes new report days before one-year anniversary of earthquake Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls living in Haiti’s makeshift camps face an increasing...

Amnesty International today (6 January) insisted that reform of control orders, hinted at yesterday by Prime Minister David Cameron, must acknowledge the fundamental human rights concerns with the...

Amnesty International has today called on Ivory Coast security forces to stop their attacks on political opponents as new information emerged about a deadly raid on political allies of Alassane...