Press releases
Tuesday 22 April 2008
Amnesty International today called on the UN and governments in Central Africa to take immediate action to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children
Monday 21 April 2008
Amnesty International today condemned threats by the Nepali Home
Ministry to use “force, including gunfire… to prevent anti-China
protests” when t
Friday 18 April 2008
Amnesty International welcomes Pakistan’s ratification of a key human rights treaty and signing of two others. “Becoming a state party to UN human rights c
Friday 18 April 2008
As the new Kenyan coalition government prepares to take office, Amnesty International today called on the new government to ensure that those responsible for the human
Friday 18 April 2008
The execution of 28 people this week following what appears to be hasty and unfair trials makes it urgent for the Iraqi authorities to establish a moratorium on the de
Thursday 17 April 2008
In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed the untold stories of women who are forced to live, bring up their children and fight for justice in Br
Thursday 17 April 2008
The Israeli government should immediately order a full and independent investigation into yesterday’s killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces in the
Thursday 17 April 2008
Campaigners from more than 40 countries around the world, including Amnesty International, are hosting a Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs on Saturday 19 April
Tuesday 15 April 2008
In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed that at least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and expressed deep concern that many more were killed
Tuesday 15 April 2008
“The prison sentences handed down by an Egyptian military court against 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood are a perversion of justice,” Amnes