Press Releases

'It is essential that these prisoners are granted access to lawyers and human rights monitors to guarantee that their rights are fully respected,' the organisation said. Drawing on its decades of...

Although the circumstances surrounding his killing are still unclear, it follows numerous threats and attacks against PT politicians in the state of São Paulo over recent months, in a wider context...

Amnesty International members around the world who have campaigned for Ngawang Choephel's release over the last six years welcomed the news. 'But the fact remains that like other prisoners of...

The 51-page report, Rights at Risk, examines pre-existing repressive legislation and newly-introduced measures in countries that include Egypt, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and...

Amnesty International is concerned that although the the EU Presidency in effect endorsed these recommendations at the 2001 UN Commission on Human Rights, and the European Parliament has issued...

The delegation will meet with a wide range of human rights activists as well as victims of human rights violations during visits to Jayapura, Manokwari and Wamena. The organisation also hopes to meet...

Muktinath Adhikari was reportedly abducted by Maoists on 16 January while teaching at the Pandini Sanskrit Secondary school at Duradanda, Lamjung district. A group of four Maoists tied his hands...

Amnesty International fears that if these issues are not addressed the credibility and the effectiveness of the Special Court could be at stake and undermine efforts to ensure respect for human rights...

On 15 January, Nhial Bol, the Khartoum Monitor's Chief Editor, was sentenced to six months imprisonment unless he pays a fine of 5 million Sudanese dinars (about USD 1,905). The newspaper was fined 15...

In yet a further exacerbation of the situation, a 20-year-old Catholic postal worker, Daniel McColgan, was killed by the Loyalist armed group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). He was shot by two...