Press Releases
Amnesty International today called on the UK government to suspend all military exports to Israel until there is no longer a substantial risk that such equipment will be used for serious violations of...
* Seventh ‘anniversary’ of detention centre looms * New ‘viral’ film to be released on 15 January ahead of Obama inauguration On the eve of the seventh anniversary (on Sunday 11 January) of the first...
Amnesty International said today that both Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters are endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians - including by using them as human shields. Malcolm Smart...
As John Evans Atta Mills takes office after a hotly contested election in Ghana, Amnesty International today released a seven-point human rights agenda for the new President. Amnesty International’s...
Amnesty International has today (8 Jan) urged the government of Sri Lanka to publicly condemn the killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga, the editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, and other attacks on...
Amnesty International calls for immediate and unconditional release of Mukoko and other 30 activists Amnesty International supporters have urgently appealed to the authorities in Zimbabwe for the...
Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups observe an immediate truce in Gaza to allow desperately needed humanitarian...
Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to take firm and decisive action to address the increasingly grave situation in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. Malcolm Smart, Director of...
As the number of casualties continues to mount, civilians in Gaza are in increasingly dire need of food, medical and other emergency assistance, Amnesty International said today. International...
Palestinian civilians remain at risk of being killed or injured in the Israeli air strikes and are increasingly lacking adequate medical care food, medicines, electricity, water and other necessities...