Press releases in 2005

Following media reports that the authorities may be planning to extend Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another year, Amnesty International called for her immediate and unconditional release...

On Friday 25th November 2005, there was a special service at Llandaff Cathedral, in support of the Women's rights's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights Campaign. The candle lighting...

Ddydd Gwener 25 Tachwedd 2005, cafwyd gwasanaeth arbennig yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf, er mwyn cefnogi’r Ymgyrch i Atal Trais yn Erbyn Menywod. Fe fu’r noson cynnau canhwyllau yn gyntaf mewn cyfres o...

Ddydd Gwener 25 Tachwedd 2005, cafwyd gwasanaeth arbennig yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf, er mwyn cefnogi’r Ymgyrch i Atal Trais yn Erbyn Menywod. Fe fu’r noson cynnau canhwyllau yn gyntaf mewn cyfres o...

In a briefing paper issued today, "Ten years of EUROMED: Time to end the human rights deficit" (available at www.amnesty-eu.org ), the organisation warns that by not making…

Amnesty International staged a poetry event featuring four highly acclaimed Scottish Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights poets in Edinburgh on 24th November. The event was part...

The methods used to torture or ill-treat detainees, as indicated in reports received by Amnesty International since the “Rose Revolution”, include: electric shocks putting plastic bags over the...

The poll, 'Sexual Assault Research', published today (21 November) as part of Amnesty International's Women's rights&#

The assumption that people can return to Iraq in safety and with dignity because they are returned to Kurdish areas is a dangerous proposition. The UK should carefully consider the consequences that...

Amnesty International and Reprieve made the call as they announced the largest ever gathering of former "war on terror" prisoners and their families to highlight an increasingly globalised network of...