Press releases in 2003

The report, The Grenada 17: Last of the Cold War Prisoners documents arbitrary detention without charge, appalling detention conditions and allegations of torture, leading up to an unfair trial that...

Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said: 'Armed groups, sponsored and supported by the Ugandan and Rwandan governments and the central government in DRC, have stoked inter-ethnic...

Today's (Friday 17 October 2003) government response, to the parliamentary committee responsible for scrutinising the new law, shows that the loopholes are being ignored and as a result, British-sold...

Official statistics show that the total number of firearm offences in 2002/03 (excluding offences involving air weapons) increased by three per cent. Lesley Warner, Amnesty International UK Media...

Amnesty International has to date recorded over 250 cases of 'disappearance' since members and supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) declared a 'people's war' in February 1996. In...

According to information received, most of the victims had received bullet wounds. The joint forces' use of large calibre combat ammunition and the tragic consequences of the military operation have...

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: 'By honouring Shirin the Nobel Committee has recognised the critical importance of human rights and the individuals who defend them around...

Arms proliferation and abuse, have reached a critical point, fuelling human rights violations, poverty, and conflict. Someone is killed every minute by armed violence while many more suffer abuse and...

On the eve of the handing over of his reports, four international and domestic human rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have urged the United Kingdom and Irish governments to commit...

Two years after the beginning of the military action against the Taleban, the Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights of Afghanistan are still subject to horrific abuses, from...