(London) Amnesty International today challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements. “The human rights flashpoints in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar demand immediate action,” said Irene Khan,...

Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan was prevented from leaving Iran on Sunday to travel to Sweden where she was to receive the 2007 Olof Palme Prize in Stockholm. She told the AFP news agency that after she boarded an Air France flight at Tehran airport she was paged and then told that...

Amnesty International urges all governments and business leaders meeting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Europe this week to call for an end to the human rights violations which have continued despite the lifting of the State of Emergency last month. “Arbitrary arrests and detentions,...

In 6 March 2007, the US Department of State released its annual report on human rights in other countries. Five hours later, the Department of Defence announced the start of Combatant Status Review Tribunals for the 14 detainees transferred in September 2006 from years of secret CIA custody to the...

In this open letter to President Bush, the organization’s Secretary General responds to the concerns expressed at a press conference in May 2005 about Amnesty International’s annual report.

In the past three years, more than 70 people are reported to have died in the USA and Canada after being struck by M26 or X26 tasers, with the numbers rising annually. In this report, Amnesty International calls US state, federal and local authorities to suspend all transfers and use of tasers and...

1.) Special Representative concerned for human rights defenders in post-11 September climate; 2.) Guatemala: Defenders make plea to Guatemalan Government and international community; 3.) Special Representative reports on human rights defenders in Colombia; 4.)Ecuador: Between doubt and certainty,...

This report contains the text of an oral statement about human rights in East Timor delivered by Amnesty International on 16 June 1997 before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization which meets annually in New York.

The annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) takes place in Geneva, 6-23 June 1995. Indonesia will again come under scrutiny for its treatment of workers. AI believes that continuing violations against workers in the year since the labour riots and violent demonstrations in...

AI is concerned about the rising number of executions in Jordan since 1993. Twelve people were executed in 1993, the highest annual total in over 20 years. This report discusses legislation and procedures relating to the death penalty and comments on recent executions and cases of people on death...

There is serious concern at reports of persistent undercover surveillance, harassment and intimidation by members of the army’s intelligence unit (B-2) at the annual convention in Bogota of ASFADDES. Since 12 November over 70 families gathered there have reported incidents of being...

On 5 September 1990, 159 young Tamil men were rounded up from the Eastern University Refugee Camp at Vantharamoolai, Batticaloa District by soldiers. They have not been seen since. Although the incident took place before thousands of witnesses, no attempt has been made to hold an official inquiry...