Press releases in 2005

He has been in a poor state of health, exacerbated by his treatment in prison, which has included torture, inadequate access to medical treatment, being held in a cell designed for military dogs...

The authorities must open investigations into the allegations of unlawful killings, deaths resulting from torture and ill-treatment in custody and torture of Kurds that have come to light since March...

Peter Splinter, Amnesty International’s representative at the UN in Geneva, said: "Nepal is on the verge of a human rights catastrophe. Basic human rights have been suspended; impunity is rampant...

This attack is intended to be a strong statement by Islamist groups to pressure the government to declare Bangladesh's Ahmadis "non-Muslims". Amnesty International members are urgently calling on the...

Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Stephen Bowen said: "With all of the detail around 'concessions' and amendments to this legislation, we shouldn’t lose sight of the simple fact that...

The report, featuring cases as recent as February this year, updates a December report on the risks faced by human rights activists in China. Ye Guozhu, a housing rights activist in Beijing, was...

The demonstration will see a ‘prisoner’ held inside a small cage along with an armchair and a standard lamp - symbolising house arrest measures, one of the ‘control order’ powers that the Home...

There are now estimated to be almost 650 million small arms in the world today, mostly in the hands of men, and nearly 60 percent of them in the hands of private individuals. Women's rights's rightss...

Amnesty International Scotland and the Sunday Herald are inviting entries for a competition for the best article by a student in Scotland on the theme of ‘asylum and persecution’. The award aims to...

But the organisation warned that many more human rights defenders – journalists, lawyers and activists – face threats and attacks every day around the world. Already this year, Amnesty...