Press releases in 2005

Amnesty International Asia Program Deputy Director Catherine Baber said: 'We are happy to hear of the release of prisoners of conscience, many of whom have been imprisoned for more than a decade....

According to documents and witness statements obtained by Amnesty International, six flights of arms from Albanian company MEICO, took place from Tirana to Kigali in planeloads each carrying over 40...

Mark Ballard, Kenny MacAskill, Frank McAveety and Tommy Sheridan, Members of the Scottish Parliament, will lead a team in a friendly football match against a team of Burmese exiles at 9.30am today...

Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International’s Africa Programme, said: "Over the last 48 hours Porta Farm, a settlement of at least 10,000 people, has been obliterated. "People have watched...

In launching its report Australia: The impact of indefinite detention - the case to change Australia's mandatory detention regime , Amnesty International called on the Australian Government, as a...

Amnesty International says its human rights proposals to the UK Presidency, released today in Brussels and London, add up to an ambitious program that would strengthen the EU's leading role on human...

The Iranian Supreme Court rejected an appeal earlier this month and ordered that the punishment should be carried out. It may now be inflicted at any time and Amnesty International has issued an â€...

Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International's Africa Programme, speaking from Lagos, said: "The people of Zimbabwe are being sold out – in the interests of a false 'African solidarity.' This...

In recent days, Amnesty International has campaigned on behalf of a 19-year-old Uzbekistani facing execution despite strong indications that he was brutally beaten into making a murder confession; a...

Full statement and interviews are available As the human rights situation in Zimbabwe deteriorates, with more than 300,000 people now evicted from their homes by the government, a coalition of more...