Amnesty International spokespeople available for interview  New figures on migration just released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees point to a “record high” of almost 350,000 sea crossings by migrants and asylum-seekers worldwide this year. The Mediterranean was the “deadliest route of...

AV materials available on 4 June, the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown Events in cities including London, San Francisco and Seoul Activists will demand justice for those killed in Beijing on 4 June 1989 and protest against the crackdown on Hong Kong’s annual vigil Hong Kong’s suppressed...

Authorities must not “push-back” Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar Refugees sent back to face certain persecution Thailand should provide refugees formal legal status and protection With the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis developing on its doorstep, Thailand must take concrete action to...

Israeli soldiers and police stormed a Palestinian hospital twice over the past week terrifying staff and patients and in some cases preventing doctors from providing emergency medical care to critically injured patients, said Amnesty International today. The raids on al-Makassed hospital in East...

Nigerian authorities must ramp up efforts to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and thousands of others abducted across the northeast by Boko Haram, said Amnesty International on the third anniversary of the armed group’s chilling abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls.“Boko Haram...

The outcome of President Obama’s Leaders’ Summit on Refugees in New York marks a small step forward but falls far short of what is needed to address the global refugee crisis, said Amnesty International today. Leaders at the summit increased commitments on resettlement, humanitarian funding,...

The Sri Lankan government is intensifying its crackdown on critics through threats, harassment, imprisonment and violent attacks, Amnesty International said in a report released today. The document, Assault on Dissent reveals how the government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa is promoting an...

A hardline group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) said today in a new report.  When Justice Fails: Thousands executed in Asia after unfair...

A Thai court’s decision to uphold a 10-year prison sentence given to an editor and social activist for allegedly insulting the royal family continues the relentless erosion of free speech in the country, Amnesty International said.  The Appeals Court upheld the sentence against Somyot...

As the conflict escalates between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, Amnesty International is calling for an international arms embargo and for the immediate deployment of international monitors. Since 14 November, dozens of civilians in Gaza and three Israeli civilians have been killed....

Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian government to revoke its decision to expel a British catholic activist who has spent the past ten years defending the rights of the country’s Indigenous people. Paul McAuley, who helps local communities protest against the effect of oil, gas...

Amnesty International has urged the Iranian authorities not to execute nine people sentenced to death who were arrested in relation to the protests that followed last year’s disputed presidential election. The organization said it fears the Iranian authorities are planning to execute some or...