Press Releases
Cambodia: Anti-forced eviction activists silenced by the wealthy Rich and powerful individuals and groups involved in land disputes in Cambodia are increasingly using their power to silence opponents...
Joan Baez, legendary folk musician and lifelong human rights activist, has joined Amnesty International’s Small Places Tour - the human rights organisation’s latest international music project Baez...
Winner of recent Amnesty media award released earlier today Responding to news that the Yemeni journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani has been released from prison earlier this afternoon, Amnesty...
TV comedian Tim McGarry has joined local Amnesty International campaigners in welcoming the release of U Win Tin, a 78-year-old Burmese journalist who has been the subject of the organisation's...
Amnesty International is making urgent representations to the Nepalese authorities about the case of a woman who was allegedly tortured in police custody, including by being threatened with having...
Amnesty International welcomes the release of at least seven prisoners of conscience in Burma, including 78-year-old journalist and prominent dissident U Win Tin who had been imprisoned for 19 years...
[Amnesty Burma expert available for interview] Amnesty International welcomes the release of U Win Tin, a 78-year-old Burmese journalist who has been the subject of the organisation's Edinburgh...
Call for an international Arms Treaty ahead of key UN meeting in October Weapons transfers that fuelled the military crackdown in Burma and the ongoing conflict ravaging the Darfur region of Sudan may...
As the world waits to see the details of the agreement reached by leaders in Zimbabwe to end the political impasse since the March elections, Amnesty International today said the agreement’s validity...
Clemency board urged to act in case where witness statements included one from illiterate man who couldn’t read his own signed statement Amnesty International is calling on the state authorities in...