© Christian Schmidt/Corbis The UK has consistently evaded the question of Diego Garcia. This new information must finally trigger a truthful response from the UK authorities. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWS FLASH 30 January 2015 The UK authorities must respond urgently to a statement today by a...

A “wheel of torture” at an undisclosed police safe house in Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines. © Philippine Commission on Human Rights 26 January 2015 By Josefina Salomon, Amnesty International News & Features Writer The popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” is...

A “Wheel of torture” was discovered in a police station in the Philippines a year ago this week.© Amnesty International. Torture is no laughing matter, even if police in the Philippines have tried to reduce it to a game. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 26 January 2015 One year...

Credit: Adolfo Lujan / DISO Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ In the aftermath of the appalling attacks in Paris it is vital that France now takes a measured response and does not chip away at hard-fought human rights. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 23 January 2013...

23/01/2015 – On 21 January 2015, the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls publicly announced the adoption of new measures to combat terrorism. These include the introduction of the crimes of “defamation” and “insult” into the Criminal Code, the establishment of a database of individuals...

22/01/2015 – The briefing analyses details from the so-called “Senate torture report” and the responses thereto that directly point to, or admit, European complicity in the CIA’s rendition and secret detention programme. It also reiterates Amnesty International’s call for accountability.

22/01/2015 – 07/11/2014 – Amnesty International does not consider that the recent legislative and regulatory changes introduced by the Irish authorities satisfy the European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber judgment in this case, as they do not effectively guarantee women and...

Amnesty International has repeatedly sounded the alarm at reports of serious human rights violations against migrants and refugees at the Greece-Turkey border.© Amnesty International. Vulnerable people forced to flee their own country have been left mourning their loved ones with little hope...

Amnesty International’s report links details in the US Senate report to open source information regarding allegations that secret sites existed in Lithuania, Poland, and Romania.© Christian Schmidt/Corbis The Senate report makes it abundantly clear that foreign governments were essential...

19/01/2015 – European governments that cooperated with the CIA’s secret detention, interrogation, and torture operations as part of the USA’s global “war on terror” must act urgently to bring those responsible to justice following a US Senate report containing new details.

Dozens of arrests appear to be on the basis of statements made in the aftermath of the deadly attacks in Paris on 7 and 9 January. © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images In a week in which world leaders and millions around the world have spoken out in defence of freedom of expression, the French...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Diary Note: new briefing paper & interview availability 16 January 2015 On Tuesday 20 January 00.01 GMT, Amnesty International will launch a new briefing paper,  Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: USA’s European ‘partners in crime’ must act after...