Press releases in 2005

The 38-year-old prisoner, Troy Kunkle, who is on death row in Texas having been convicted of a murder committed in 1984, is set to be executed on 25 January. The state authorities are relying on a...

The report, Nepal: Killing with impunity , gives details of many people who have been unlawfully killed by both sides to the conflict since the breakdown of a ceasefire in August 2003. It documents an...

In the past few weeks, several leading activists in the provincial capital, Goma, have been threatened, and have even received death threats. A number of activists have been forced into hiding or to...

In its appeal, Amnesty International sets out how the USA’s detention and interrogation policies in the "war on terror" have flouted hard-won principles of human rights. Amnesty International UK...

EU Arms Embargo The EU imposed an embargo on arms transfers to China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, in response to "the repressive actions against those who legitimately claim their...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The US remains tainted by widespread allegations of torture that started with sickening pictures from Abu Ghraib. The UK armed forces must ensure...

The report calls on the UN Security Council to act instead, and to refer the situation in all of Sudan to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It comes in the run up to the UN...

The man, Ahmed Abu 'Ali, aged 23, a US national, is believed to be held in secret detention at al-Ha’ir prison in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. He has had no access to lawyers and his telephone...

The Group had been engaged in groundbreaking work in bringing justice to torture victims and its closure is a step-back in the struggle against torture. Amnesty International called for the decision...

On 23 December an anonymous caller to Armando Sánchez’s mobile phone told him he would be killed if he did not leave the country within five days. He reported the death threat and was given 24-hour...