Demonstration Raif Badawi Berne, Switzerland. Credit: Amnesty International Switzerland AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 5 March 2015 Tomorrow marks eight weeks since the Saudi Arabian authorities publicly flogged the blogger and activist Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in...

Amnesty International Without a collective and concerted rescue mission, the European Agenda on Migration remains dangerously incomplete. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWS FLASH (Brussels, 4 March 2015) Today’s announcement by the European Commission to ensure a ‘holistic approach’...

Amnesty International AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DIARY NOTE 4 March 2015 Amnesty International will publish this year’s global death penalty statistics on Wednesday 1 April 2015 00:01am GMT. §        Embargoed copy of the report available in advance...

04/03/2015 – In its letter, Amnesty International draws the attention to its new briefing, which documents the mounting persecution of government critics in Azerbaijan. Threats, physical violence, and imprisonment have become the hallmark of the Azerbaijan regime, as the country prepares to...

Azerbaijan Public Action in Vienna. © Amnesty International AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 4 March 2015 Threats, physical violence and the imprisonment of government critics have become the hallmark of the Azerbaijan regime as the country prepares to host the first European Games, said...

03/03/2015 – The report highlights the mounting persecution of government critics, detained under false charges, beaten and threatened and deprived of urgent medical care and lawyers.

03/03/2015 – In their joint statement, Amnesty International together with its NGO partners detail their key positions to assist the ongoing negotiations on the draft Brussels Declaration on the “Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights, our shared responsibility”...

An action of mourning for Boris Nemtsov. Russia, Samara, Leningradskaya street, an evening of 28 Febraury. Credit: Игорь Титаренко via Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ In the current...

Northern Ireland’s draconian abortion law is the harshest in Europe. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 26 February 2015 The laws in Northern Ireland relating to abortion are draconian and in urgent need of reform, Amnesty International said today (Thursday 26), as it published a new report....

Displaced Yezidis fleeing Mount Sinjar. © Amnesty International 2015 is unlikely to be a good year for human rights in Europe. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE (Brussels, 25 February) Amnesty International today released its Annual Report 2014/2015. You can find the international press release...

Shuja’ya civil defence ambulance hit 21 July, where medic was killed – armed conflict in Gaza. © Amnesty International • Amnesty International releases Annual Report along with forecast of human rights trends for the coming year • Says governments must ‘stop...

20/02/2015 – In their joint letter to the Committee on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Related Issues (COD-CTE) of the Council of Europe, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Open Society Justice Initiative encourage greater transparency in the drafting...