Press releases
Today’s sentencing of veteran activist Zhu Yufu to seven-years for writing a poem deemed to incite subversion of state power” is further evidence of the Chinese government’s continuing repression of anyone it perceives as directly or indirectly criticizing it policies, Amnesty International said.
As Turkmenistan’s citizens prepare to vote in the third presidential elections since 1991 Amnesty International remains deeply concerned at the continued refusal to allow independent human rights observers access to the country
Authorities in Haiti must urgently develop and implement a national plan to tackle the country’s severe housing crisis, Amnesty International said today after a child died in a fire that broke out in a camp of survivors of the 2010 earthquake.
The Malaysian authorities must release Hamza Kashgari and not forcibly return him to Saudi Arabia, where he faces risk of execution for his Tweets about the Prophet Mohammed, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International today called on the Zimbabwean authorities to immediately and unconditionally release nine members of the activist organization, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). The activists, including WOZA leader Jenni Williams, were arrested during a peaceful protest on Tuesday and remain in custody without charge.
- Sales to Sudan underline need for an effective Arms Trade Treaty
Arms sales from China and Russia are fuelling serious human rights violations in Darfur, Amnesty International said today. These arms transfers highlight the urgent need to strengthen the existing ineffectual UN arms embargo and for governments to agree an effective Arms Trade Treaty.
Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak should cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank to an area beside the Jerusalem municipal garbage dump, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing paper.
Russia and other countries with influence over Syria must act urgently to stop the bombardment of Homs, Amnesty International said today.
Maldives security forces must stop using violence against supporters of Mohamed Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party, a day after he was forced to resign the presidency under the threat of violence by the military and police, Amnesty International said.
Panama’s authorities must investigate allegations of excessive use of force by police after two protestors were killed during three days of clashes between security forces and the Ngäbe-Buglé people, Amnesty International said today.
