Press releases

Tuesday 25 March 2008
Heavy fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra and other Iraqi cities is creating a grave risk to civilians, Amnesty International said toda
Tuesday 25 March 2008

Facts and figures and case studies related to the human rights and public security crisis affe

Tuesday 25 March 2008
(Kingston) Amnesty International today criticized the Jamaican authorities for wilfully neglecting poor Jamaicans by failing to tackle the corruption and violence that
Monday 24 March 2008
Amnesty International called on the Nepalese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arrested in connection with demonstrations on Tibet.
Tuesday 18 March 2008

On the 5th anniversary of the largest crackdown against political opponents in Cuba, Amnesty International today called on the new Cuban authorities to immediatel

Tuesday 18 March 2008
Amnesty International today revealed the extent of the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa with a major new report about the overwhelming challe
Monday 17 March 2008
Five years after US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world for human rights, Amnesty International said today
Saturday 15 March 2008
"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of t
Friday 14 March 2008
Amnesty International today revealed in a new report further details of the cruelty and illegality of the CIA programme of secret detentions and enforced disappearance
Thursday 13 March 2008

As Pakistan prepares to swear in a new parliament, Amnesty International calls on the country’s new leaders to repair the fallout from the state of emerge

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Sudanese activist held incommunicado at risk of torture

10 May 2013

A female lawyer in Sudan who was arrested on 4 May and whose whereabouts are still unknownis at risk of torture.