Press releases in 2006

Amnesty International today (6 February) called for action from the British government on behalf of UK residents being held at the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as it published a new...

On Sunday 11th December 2005 Amnesty International Wales teamed up with the local Cardiff Amnesty group to mark Human Rights Day (10th December). At 2.30pm volunteers met outside Boots on Queen Street...

Amnesty International is alarmed by reports, published today in the London-based newspaper The Guardian, that the UK government is considering moves which would undermine efforts to bring war...

Mae Amnest Rhyngwladol Cymru a Chymdeithas Gweithwyr Cymdeithasol Prydain (Cymru) yn herio ‘dynion go iawn’ o Gymru gyfan i chwarae rhan yn yr ymgyrch i atal trais yn erbyn menywod. Bydd y ddau...

Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to release immediately hundreds of Tehran bus workers who were detained last week apparently to pre-empt threatened strike action. Although...

Responding to the publication of Lord Carlile's review of anti-terrorism legislation and the Home Secretary's statement to Parliament, Amnesty International today said that the threat of terrorist...

Amnesty International calls upon Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) to commit unequivocally to abide by international law, respect the rights of all Palestinians across the political spectrum and...