Press Release
New Mob Attack on Ahmadiyya Amid Sentencing Controversy in Indonesia, says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - The Indonesian authorities must act to halt attacks on the country's Ahmadi…
August 15, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges NATO to Investigate Civilian Deaths During Libya Air Strikes
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - NATO must take all necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties during military…
August 11, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Vietnam to Release Jailed Blogger
The Vietnamese authorities must immediately release French-Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang, who has been sentenced to three years in prison…
August 10, 2011
Press Release
Bahraini Women Jailed and Tortured for Pro-Reform Protests Go On Hunger Strike, Amnesty International Says
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Two Bahraini women activists imprisoned and tortured for their involvement in pro-reform…
August 4, 2011
Press Release
Guatemalan Former Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years for Massacre, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - A judge in Guatemala City yesterday sentenced four former soldiers from an…
August 4, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Malaysian Activists Detained Under Emergency Law
Amnesty International welcomed the release of six political activists, but called on the Malaysian authorities to free thousands of other…
July 29, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Again Demands that Iran Release Americans Jailed for Two Years Case of Two American Hikers Due to be Heard Again on Sunday
Amnesty International today repeated its demand that Iran release two Americans held for the past two years apparently for political…
July 29, 2011
Press Release
Verdict in Ahmadiyya Killings Will Not Stem Discrimination in Indonesia, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- The verdicts imposed against 12 people accused of killing three members…
July 28, 2011
Press Release
Armed Dozo Militia Fighters Are Seen as Threat to Civilians Who Fear Leaving Temporary Camps
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) - Ivory Coast security forces and a state-backed militia are creating a climate…
July 28, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Human Rights Defender Aleksei Sokolov
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Today, a court in Krasnoyarsk decided to release Aleksei Sokolov on…
July 28, 2011
Report
Côte d’Ivoire: Climate of fear stopping return of displaced people
Côte d'Ivoire security forces and a state-backed militia are creating a climate of fear that is preventing hundreds of thousands…
July 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty Condemns Vedanta Resources and Affiliates for Attempting to Overturn Mining Bans
(Washington, D.C.) -- Ongoing attempts by U.K. based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a…
July 25, 2011