Press releases
Friday 29 August 2008
Amnesty International calls on the government of the UK to give
the lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, a former UK resident imprisoned at
Guantánamo Bay, information
Wednesday 27 August 2008
The filling of Boeung Kak Lake in central Phnom Penh should immediately stop until a proper process that ensures human rights protection is in place, said Amnesty Inte
Sunday 24 August 2008
As the Beijing Olympics ended, Amnesty International today accused the Chinese authorities of prioritizing image over substance as it continued to persecute and punish
Thursday 21 August 2008
Tens of thousands of civilians who have already suffered from the renewal of violence in Mindanao could be at even greater risk if the Philippine government supports t
Monday 18 August 2008
Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people – including women and a nine-month-old – without charge or
Thursday 14 August 2008
Thousands of families who fled the recent fighting between Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must be allowed to move to safer areas and
Wednesday 13 August 2008
The government of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir should rescind the order issued today to authorize security forces to “shoot on sight” in respons
Monday 11 August 2008
Amnesty International calls on all sides in the conflict in South Ossetia to fully respect international humanitarian law and as such, to ensure that civilians are pro
Friday 8 August 2008
Amnesty International today welcomed the release of Syrian prisoner of conscience Dr ‘Aref Dalilah.
Thursday 7 August 2008
Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Argentine Parliament to scrap the 1951 Military Code of Justice, thus abolishing the death penalty in all cases and
