News Releases

Amnesty International today strongly condemned this week’s two attacks, one of them fatal, against Israeli civilians in the occupied West Bank.

An Iranian journalist and human rights defender set to face trial tomorrow (4 September) on a series of charges must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today.

Abdallah Abu Rahma has been in prison since December 2009 for his involvement in protests against the construction of a fence/wall on Palestinian land by Israeli authorities.

Five Amnesty International activists were detained by Moscow police yesterday (25 August) at a U2 concert taking place in the capital that night.

Amnesty International is calling on the Zimbabwean government to take immediate action, after armed police forcibly evicted 250 people by torching their homes and possessions during a night raid.

Amnesty International is gravely concerned at the mass execution of 72 migrants near Mexico's northern border, which came to light last Tuesday (24 August 2010).

Amnesty International today condemned the execution of four men in Equatorial Guinea, all convicted of attempting to assassinate the country’s President.

Amnesty International warned today that proposed reforms of China’s application of the death penalty may not result in significantly fewer executions.

One of the first impressions of Cambodia is the gentle and courteous nature of the Khmer people. It seems at odds with its recent history under the murderous regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.

Amnesty International has condemned the first Taleban executions by stoning carried out in Afghanistan since 2001.