Press Release
Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s eighth Secretary General, to join Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy as Senior Fellow in 2018-19
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced today that Salil Shetty, the outgoing Secretary General of Amnesty International, will join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy as a Senior Fellow for…
Press Release
Amnesty International appoints Kumi Naidoo as next Secretary General
Amnesty International has appointed Kumi Naidoo as the next Secretary General of the global human rights movement. From August 2018 Kumi will succeed Salil Shetty, who served two terms as…
Press Release
Prior to meeting with Turkish foreign minister, EU official to discuss jailed activists with Amnesty chief
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, will urge EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini to urgently raise the issue of jailed human rights defenders — including Amnesty International’s…
Update
Ending 'Virginity Tests' and the Future of Women's Rights in Egypt
An Egyptian general's assurance on ending "virginity tests" is good news, but more action is needed to protect and promote women's role in the new Egypt.
Update
Human Rights: No Excuses, No Exceptions
50 years after the Amnesty candle began to shine a light on repression, the human rights revolution now stands on the threshold of historic change.
Update
'Leadership Deficit' at Davos
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty questions the credibility of world leaders during the BBC World debate from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Update
To World Leaders in Davos: We Want Real Action for Human Rights!
It's day two of the World Economic Forum and Amnesty International is there to remind government and corporate leaders that there is a real world outside the "fortress" of Davos.…
Update
Davos and the Measures of Success
As world leaders gather in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, a hearing opens in the Netherlands about Shell Oil's conduct in the Niger Delta. Amnesty International is…
Update
Liu Xiaobo’s Empty Chair Holds More Than China Realizes
There is going to be one empty place at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony. Amongst the pomp and circumstance, before a packed house of a thousand invited guests…
Update
Indonesian Girls Lack of Reproductive Health Services
A new report from Amnesty International, Left Without a Choice, highlights the frightening and almost insurmountable task women and girls in Indonesia face in achieving reproductive health in the face…