Below you’ll find breaking news as well as reports, updates on our campaigns, and victories.
If you are a member of the press, please reach out to [email protected]
Press Release
Amnesty International Honors Activist Jenni Williams for Inspiring Zimbabweans to Stand Up for Freedom and Basic Rights
Activist Jenni Williams, a founder of the social justice movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), who has endured dozens of…
March 26, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands Release of Cuban Journalists Jailed for Listening to Hip Hop and Declares Them “Prisoners of Conscience”
Amnesty International today declared two brothers – both journalists jailed for years for listening to hip-hop music -- to be…
March 23, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Disappointed by Reported U.S. State Department Waiver to Send Military Aid to Egypt
Amnesty International said today it was disappointed by reports that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to use a national…
March 23, 2012
Report
Death Sentences and Executions 2011
Amnesty's new report lays out the global numbers for the death penalty in 2011.
March 22, 2012
Press Release
Sri Lanka: Human Rights Council vote a step in the right direction
The UN Human Rights Council resolution calling on Sri Lanka to end longstanding impunity for human rights abuses is a…
March 22, 2012
Press Release
Leaders Must Respect Human Rights, Release Arrested Officials Following Coup in Mali
Leaders of the military coup against President Amadou Toumani Touré’s Mali government must release the prime minister and other politicians…
March 22, 2012
Press Release
‘Dysfunctional situation’ threatens justice at Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia
The latest resignation of a judge from the UN-backed tribunal investigating crimes dating from the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia…
March 20, 2012
Report
Libya: The Forgotten Victims of NATO Strikes
Scores of Libyan civilians who did not directly participate in hostilities were killed and many more injured as a result…
March 19, 2012
Press Release
Former Libyan intelligence chief must be sent to the ICC
Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi must be sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against…
March 19, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Announces Frank Jannuzi, New Head of the Washington, D.C., Office
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today announced its new head of the organization's Washington, D.C., office, Frank Jannuzi, an international affairs…
March 16, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Decries Continued Bombing and Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid While Civilians Suffer in Sudan
Today, Amnesty International joined Congressman Jim McGovern, actor George Clooney, and partner NGOs in front of the Embassy of Sudan…
March 16, 2012
Press Release
Convictions against UN peacekeepers in Haiti ‘a travesty of justice’
One year in jail for three UN Pakistani peacekeepers found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in Haiti is…
March 15, 2012