Report
Deadly but Preventable Attacks: Killings and Enforced Disappearances of Those who Defend Human Rights
States around the world are failing in their duty to effectively protect people who defend human rights, leading to an…
December 4, 2017
Press Release
Turkey: Global figures join call to “end gross injustice” as trial of Amnesty Chair and Director and other rights activists resumes
More than 70 renowned cultural and political figures have come together to demand that Turkish authorities drop trumped-up terrorism charges against 11…
November 22, 2017
Press Release
Court decision to keep Amnesty Turkey Chair in jail flies in the face of reason
Responding to today’s decision by the Istanbul Court to continue the pre-trial detention of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair, Taner Kılıç,…
November 22, 2017
Press Release
Upcoming Executions Demonstrate Irreparable Failings of the Death Penalty
Three executions set for this week all demonstrate the irreparable failings of the death penalty, experts from Amnesty International USA…
November 7, 2017
Press Release
New York Suspect Must Not Be Sent to Guantánamo
After President Trump said he would consider sending the man accused of yesterday’s attack in New York City, Sayfullo Saipov,…
November 1, 2017
Press Release
Israel denies entry to Amnesty International USA staff member
Israel’s decision to deny an Amnesty International USA staff member entry to the occupied West Bank, apparently as retaliation against…
October 31, 2017
Press Release
Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail one day after 10 other human rights defenders conditionally released
Following a decision by an Izmir court not to release human rights defender, Taner Kılıç, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary…
October 26, 2017
Press Release
Turkish court releases human rights defenders including Amnesty International’s Turkey Director
Following a decision by a court in Istanbul to conditionally release eight human rights defenders while their trial continues, Salil…
October 25, 2017
Press Release
Outrageous charges against jailed Amnesty staff in Turkey must be rejected
Responding to news that a prosecutor has filed an indictment calling for jail terms of up to 15 years on…
October 8, 2017
Press Release
Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence of Keith Tharpe
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the death sentence today of Keith Tharpe, a black man who was on death row…
September 26, 2017
Press Release
U.S. National Faces Execution in Saudi Arabia Despite Unfair Trial
The sentence of a U.S. national facing execution after unfair legal proceedings in Saudi Arabia must be rescinded and a…
September 13, 2017