Press releases in 2005

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...

The organisation is calling for effective enforcement of international human rights standards through rights-based national legislation in European countries. Protecting the rights of people with...

Kate Allen, UK Director of Amnesty International said: “Having campaigned long and hard over Guantánamo, we are delighted that the misery of these four men and the anguish of their families at last...

LIPRODHOR (La Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme, or 'League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights') was the only independent human rights organisation in...

Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International’s Africa Programme, said: “We hope that the peace will usher in a new era for the people of Sudan. But human rights need more than rhetorical...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Over the past three years Guantánamo has become an icon of lawlessness. “During the course of three years of executive detentions, Guantánamo...

It is thought Mao’s refusal to confess to any "wrongdoing", even under torture, or to sign documents acknowledging that she had undergone "thought reform" in detention, are factors which may have...