Press releases
Thursday 3 April 2008
Amnesty International is very concerned at the new wave of extrajudicial executions committed by the Niger army in the Agadez region, which for more than a year has be
Wednesday 2 April 2008
Amnesty International welcomed Foreign Adviser Iftehkar Ahmed Chowdhury's request for United Nations involvement. "Action to end impunity for war crimes, crimes a
Tuesday 1 April 2008
Amnesty International called on the Chinese authorities to immediately
end repressive measures against Chinese human rights defenders in
Beijing and other parts of C
Tuesday 1 April 2008
(Kingston) Amnesty International today criticized the Jamaican authorities for wilfully neglecting poor Jamaicans by failing to tackle the corruption and violence that
Friday 28 March 2008
Amnesty International today welcomed the release of human rights activists Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, who had been detained in Ethiopia since November 2005,
Thursday 27 March 2008
Ibrahim Eissa was charged under Articles 171 and 188 of the Penal Code for publishing in 2007 information considered by the authorities to be damaging to the public in
Thursday 27 March 2008
On Tuesday 15 April Amnesty International will publish its global death penalty statistics, looking at how many people were executed or sentenced to death across the w
Wednesday 26 March 2008
As Zimbabweans prepare to vote in national elections on 29 March, Amnesty International today warned that the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly
Wednesday 26 March 2008
The Israeli army must allow chronically ill cancer patient Karima Abu Dalal to leave the Gaza Strip and obtain desperately needed medical care in Israel, Amnesty Inter
Wednesday 26 March 2008
Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council not to weaken the arms embargo on the DRC, arguing that any relaxation would be premature and could prove cou
