Press Releases

Lithuania urged to re-open its own investigation Lithuania’s failure to investigate its role in the US-led rendition programme has forced an alleged victim of secret detention to take his case to the...

Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger will tell a Belfast crowd this evening (Friday) that social media websites like Twitter can help drive a worldwide human rights revolution. But she also issued a...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi must be allowed to surrender to the International Criminal Court to face investigation for crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that the...

Ja’far Panahi and other filmmakers still being targeted The release of the Iranian actress sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison after appearing in a banned film highlights the need to release...

Amnesty International is joining with Syrians in the UK for a “No More Blood - No More Fear” march and rally outside the Syrian embassy in London on Saturday 29 October (12-4pm). The event will see...

“If you rob somebody and this person files a complaint, if the police identify you as the robber, they look for you and without letting you speak they shoot at you.” More than one in ten of all...

As the First Minister visits China, Amnesty International is demanding that he raises human rights issues with his counterparts, highlighting their campaign using China Tea. In contrast to Scottish...

Wrth i’r Prif Weinidog ymweld â Tsieina, mae Amnest Rhyngwladol yn mynnu ei fod yn trafod problemau hawliau dynol gyda’i bartneriaid yno gan amlygu eu hymgyrch yn defnyddio Te Tsieina. Mewn...

The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (24 October). The 39-page...

The new Libya must be built on respect for human rights and justice, not retribution for the wrongs of the past Amnesty International today urged the new Libyan authorities to ensure a full...