Press releases in 2006

As the Foreign Secretary Jack Straw accompanies US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today in the north-west of England, Amnesty International called on Mr Straw to use the opportunity to raise key...

Amnesty International has revealed that large numbers of Children's rights, some aged as young as 12, are once again being recruited to serve as fighters in the conflict province of North-Kivu...

Amnesty International and Rape Crisis welcomed the government’s announcement today of possible new measures to raise conviction rates in rape cases but warned that much more needs to be done. The...

A new report from Amnesty International today (28 March) reveals a significant year-on-year increase in deaths related to electro-shock “Taser” weapons in the USA. In the UK, over three-quarters of...

Amnesty International renews call for public inquiry on eve of Nicholas Blake’s Deepcut report. Ahead of the publication tomorrow of Nicholas Blake QC's report into the deaths of Privates (Ptes) James...

Reacting to today's reports that former Liberian president Charles Taylor has "escaped" from his home in Calabar, Nigeria, Amnesty International said "any country in which he is found has a...

As the Policing Board meet to decide on the deployment of electro-shock “taser” weapons to the PSNI, a new report from Amnesty International reveals a significant year-on-year increase in deaths...

Tomorrow (28 March), the US Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan regarding the legality of trials before military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Despite...

New report from the Control Arms Campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). UN arms embargoes are systematically violated and must be...

"Of course, I am afraid. I am afraid for myself and my future. Gradually the fear for myself grows into fear for the people of my country and their future." Pavel, 21, an activist in the youth...