Press releases
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: UN must act now on Goldstone report - 2 October 2009
As the Human Rights Council closes this week’s discussions on the Goldstone report, Amnesty International calls for the UN Secretary-General to refer the report to the UN Security Council without delay.Iran: Prominent lawyer banned from leaving Iran - 2 October 2009
The Iranian authorities banned a prominent human rights activist from leaving the country on Friday. Abdolfattah Soltani was due to travel to collect a human rights award in Germany.Mexico must not repatriate injured migrants - 1 October 2009
The Mexican authorities should not forcibly repatriate three migrants shot and injured by security forces at the country's southern border, Amnesty International said on Thursday.Bosnia and Herzegovina: Fourteen years on women raped in war continue to be denied their rights - 30 September 2009
This nation forgets everything. They forget about us victims. But I will never forget about what happened to me.Chad: Refugee women face high levels of rape inside and outside camps despite UN presence - 30 September 2009
Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite the presence of UN security forces, a new Amnesty International report reveals.Guinea: Details of violence emerge; Amnesty calls for international commission of inquiry - 30 September 2009
Amnesty International today revealed details of the brutal attacks committed by security forces in Guinea, during the suppression of a mass rally on 28 September in Conakry, and the extent to which the violence was organized by the army.Executive Decree gives green light to increased abuses in Honduras - 29 September 2009
Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti must rescind a decree that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew, Amnesty International said today.China: Human Rights Activists not welcome at 60th Anniversary Party - 28 September 2009
Chinese authorities have increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists ahead of the country’s 60th anniversary on 1 October to prevent them from raising human rights concerns that challenge the authorities' image of social harmony, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International estimates that several hundred activists and dissidents are under various kinds of surveillance or house arrest and thousands of petitioners are being swept out of Beijing. The organization continues to receive reports that petitioners are being kept in “black jails” and other informal detention facilities outside Beijing.
"The Chinese government wants to celebrate the country's success while ensuring that no dissenting view or complaint is heard," said Roseann Rife, Amnesty International Asia Pacific deputy director. “As a result, what the Chinese government is highlighting is its own fear of giving the Chinese people a real voice to talk about the reality of their lives, good and bad.”
