Press Releases

NI Ministers urged to move more quickly to establish inquiry with proper powers of investigation Amnesty International has said that the proposals announced today by the Northern Ireland Executive to...

Seven-minute court session hands down verdicts of up to 15 years to 20 health workers Amnesty International has denounced sentences against a group of doctors and other health workers as “ludicrous”...

Young campaigner launches petition to protect the future of Citizenship education backed by celebrity DJ Reggie Yates and £1.25 million Amnesty International welcomed the launch of a massive new...

Today’s process lasted less than five minutes The decision today by a Bahrain military court to uphold guilty verdicts against a group of prominent opposition activists exposes yet again the inherent...

The decision to sentence a woman to 10 lashes after she drove a car in Saudi Arabia demonstrates the scale of discrimination against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in the...

Amnesty International has today (27 Sept) described the decision by the Northumbria police to use the unauthorised Taser X-Rep projectile during the apprehension of Raoul Moat as ‘deplorable’. The...

‘It is deeply worrying that Egypt’s treatment of dissenters seems to have changed little since President Mubarak was in charge’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Egyptian authorities must immediately and...

Saudi Arabia must take immediate steps to end all discrimination against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in the kingdom, Amnesty International said today following moves to...

* Body was decapitated, with arms cut off and skin removed * First case of woman dying in custody * Brother also died in custody, taking total to 103 Fresh evidence of the extreme brutality being...

Amnesty International today urged Haitian authorities to bring former President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to justice for the human rights abuses committed under his regime from 1971 - 1986. The...