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Publication Date: 02 September 2008

Thailand's state of emergency should not infringe on human rights

Amnesty International urges the Thai government to respect human rights and to remove restrictions on free speech contained in the emergency decree.

Publication Date: 22 August 2008

Mindanao civilians under threat from MILF units and militias

Tens of thousands who have already suffered from the renewal of violence, could be at even greater risk, if the Philippine government supports the creation of untrain

Publication Date: 19 August 2008

Tens of thousands at risk in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates

The Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are putting displaced civilians in danger as fighting continues in northern Sri Lanka

Publication Date: 08 August 2008

No moving backwards for Myanmar

Twenty years after the brief flowering of people power in Myanmar, however, little has improved for the millions of people still suffering under repressive rule.

Publication Date: 08 August 2008

Anwar Ibrahim continues campaign despite questionable charges

Malaysian opposition leader has declared that sodomy charges will not stop his campaign for a parliamentary seat.

Publication Date: 30 July 2008

IOC caves in to China's demands on internet censorship

The International Olympic Committee has said that there won't be uncensored internet access at Olympic media venues.

Publication Date: 28 July 2008

Amnesty International website blocked at Olympic venue

Foreign journalists working from the Olympics press centre in Beijing are unable to access amnesty.org, as Amnesty International prepares to launch a new report evalua

Publication Date: 23 July 2008

Ye Guozhu must be released immediately

The Chinese authorities say they will now not free the housing rights activist when his four-year prison sentence expires on 26 July. Amnesty International demands he

Publication Date: 17 July 2008

ICC in difficulty ten years after the Rome Statute

Thursday 17 July marks the tenth anniversary of the Rome Statute, the treaty that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.

Publication Date: 17 July 2008

Olympics promises for human rights – the China Debate

Amnesty International has launched a new website for people to have their say about the human rights situation in China in the countdown to the Beijing Olympics.

Publication Date: 15 July 2008

Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, wh

Publication Date: 09 July 2008

An open letter to the President of the People’s Republic of China

With one month until the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan writes a five-point appeal to Hu Jintao.

Publication Date: 09 July 2008

Thousands to call for positive Beijing Olympics legacy in global aerial art events

On the eve of the anniversary of Beijing being granted the 2008 Olympics, thousands of Amnesty International supporters in over 20 locations across the world will team up with Circle Up Now to create visual representations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Publication Date: 04 July 2008

Stronger witness protection needed to ensure accountability for war crimes

Amnesty International is disappointed at the deportation from the UK of the Sri Lankan national known as Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and crim

Publication Date: 26 June 2008

Spotlight on torture

To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International members and supporters are taking action around the world.

Publication Date: 20 June 2008

Child "enemy combatants" face Guantánamo hearings

Mohammed Jawad and Omar Khadr were under 18 at the time of their detention by the US military in Afghanistan. Their pre-trial hearings resumed this week.

Publication Date: 06 June 2008

South Korean protestors report excessive force by police

Amnesty International has received reports of police using excessive force against demonstrators protesting against US beef imports in South Korea.

Publication Date: 02 June 2008

Different voices

The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guant&aac

Publication Date: 30 May 2008

Tiananmen activists must be released

Wednesday 4 June 2008 marks the nineteenth anniversary of the Chinese government's crackdown on the pro-democracy demonstrations in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Sq

Publication Date: 19 May 2008

Asian leaders urged to take further action on Myanmar

In an open letter, Amnesty International's Secretary General has called on ASEAN leaders to take urgent action to prevent further human rights violations in Myanmar.