Press releases in 2006

One in ten of USA's 30-year capital punishment death toll were mentally ill. Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners face execution in the USA, said Amnesty International today (Tuesday 31 January), as it...

Amnesty International today (26 January) called on Google and other internet companies operating in China to respect people's rights to freedoms of opinion, expression and information. The...

"During the war we wanted to keep the factory going, even though it was being shelled. But then they [Aluminij's management] fired us, because we were Serbs or Muslims." - Nebojša Spajic, a former...

Belfast cinema-goers will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking-up the firepower and...

Cinema-goers around the country will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking up the...

There will be a special screening of the classic film A Streetcar Named Desire at the Prince Charles cinema in central London on Saturday 4 February. When: Saturday 4 February 2006, 1.00pm Where...

Renowned US anti-death penalty campaigner and author Sister Helen Prejean has joined forces with Amnesty International and other campaigners to press for justice for Kenny Richey, a Scottish man on...

Reaction to the Council of Europe's report on renditions and black sites. Today's publication of the Council of Europe's interim report on the issue of extraordinary renditions and secret detention...

Amnesty International welcomed reports yesterday(23 January) that the case against Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk has been dropped. The writer was facing charges under Article 301 of the Turkish penal...

Amnesty International today expressed serious concern about the safety of human rights activists in Sudan, following the detention of delegates - which included an Amnesty International representative...