Press releases
Saturday 29 November 2008
The Croatian authorities’ failure to address threats against journalists has led to a climate of intimidation, where the journalists work at a great risk to thei
Thursday 27 November 2008
(Haiti) The government of Haiti is failing to protect the country’s girls against rape and sexual violence, Amnesty International said today, as it launched a re
Thursday 27 November 2008
Thousands of Iraqis detained by US forces will be at risk of torture or even execution if they are handed over to the Iraqi authorities, Amnesty International today wa
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Jamaica’s crime epidemic must be solved with reforms to the police and the justice system, not with more death, said Amnesty International after the Jamaican Hou
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Amnesty International today called on the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to pardon 59 year old medical scientist Wo Weihan, echoing his dau
Monday 24 November 2008
Amnesty International today called on the Colombian Congress not to approve the draft “Victims’ Law”. This draft followed the government’
Friday 21 November 2008
Media briefing with questions and answers regarding the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Friday 21 November 2008
Urgent action is needed by Nicaragua’s political parties to stop their supporters from engaging in acts of violence like those that have swept the country over t
Thursday 20 November 2008
Amnesty International welcomes today’s adoption by the General Assembly’s Third Committee of a second resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the
Thursday 20 November 2008
Reacting to today’s announcement that the UN Security Council has authorized the deployment of 3,000 extra troops to reinforce those already on the ground i
