Press releases in 2004

The two-day conference, an Amnesty International initiative co-organised by the National Organisation for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) in Yemen, will take place at the Taj Sheba Hotel in...

Amnesty International UK Media Director Lesley Warner said: “The loss of life in Iraq in recent days is tragic and unacceptable. The parties to the conflict must immediately take all necessary...

Amnesty International is urging the UN fact-finding mission into Chad and Darfur, western Sudan, to investigate the extrajudicial execution of 168 men near Deleij in Wadi Saleh between 5 and 7 March...

"Minors may not be held at HMP Maghaberry." Beverley Hughes, MP, Home Office Minister - House of Commons, Written Answers, 30 March 2004 "Immigration detainees held at HMP Maghaberry are located on a...

Hundreds of people, some reports say up to 2,500, including Children's rights, remain in detention. Most are held incommunicado, without access to lawyers or relatives, and thereby at risk of torture...

It is estimated that between a quarter and half a million Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights were subject to rape, including gang rape, sexual torture and mutilation, during...

The new figures, published in the Amnesty International report Death penalty worldwide , show that last year at least 1,146 people were executed in 28 countries. At least 2,756 people were also...

This was the declaration issued by Amnesty International UK from its national conference in Manchester today (Sunday 4 April). The Amnesty International national conference, attended by 600 delegates...

The human rights organisation called on Israel to immediately lift unlawful and disproportionate restrictions on movement which are hampering relief efforts by humanitarian organisations. The...