Press releases in 2004

In a letter to the Greek Minister of Public Order Giorgos Voulgarakis, Amnesty International has called for a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation of the allegations and for the perpetrators...

Zhang Rongliang is diabetic and there are concerns that he may not receive the medical care or treatment he needs. Amnesty International has issued an 'Urgent Action' appeal and is calling for Mr...

Among the critical areas highlighted by Amnesty International is the chronic lack of resourcing for the EU’s human rights work at Council level including totally inadequate staffing at the Councilâ€...

Hajieh Esmailvand’s death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court last month. Her unnamed co-defendant is at risk of imminent execution by hanging. Amnesty International members have been faxing...

'These new allegations only underline the need for a full, impartial and independent inquiry that establishes what happened and who was responsible. 'If necessary, these investigations should go to...

More than 200 others were reportedly injured. Amnesty International also condemns the killing in broad day light of three election employees in Haifa Street in central Baghdad. 'There can never be any...

Ongoing fighting between DRC government forces and dissident troops allied to the former RCD-Goma armed opposition group in North-Kivu province, as well as recent unconfirmed reports of a Rwandan...

Amnesty International said: 'The new judicial process against Augusto Pinochet in Chile is one further step on a long journey to justice. It has opened a door that many governments have been eager to...

Her unnamed co-defendant is at risk of imminent execution by hanging. Amnesty International members are now faxing urgent appeals to the Iranian authorities, calling for the execution to be stopped...

Civilians are still being attacked in Darfur, west Sudan, and the international community has failed to make the Sudanese government understand that these attacks must stop, said Amnesty International...