Press releases in 2006

“It is one of the shortest of the events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, yet it’s probably the most important.” (Rosemary Goring, Herald Magazine) This weekend saw the start of the...

In a letter to the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Irene Khan, warned that the UK may become a safe haven to people who have committed genocide. The letter...

Amnesty International researchers have given Derry City Airport the “all-clear” over accusations that rendition flights landed there, after Amnesty Foyle group members were given access to flight...

The UK Working Group on Arms (UKWG) (1) welcomes the call to tighten UK arms exports made by MPs in the Commons Quadripartite Committee. The Committee's report (2) published today criticises existing...

The investigation carried out by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) into the recent air-missile attack on Qana In Lebanon was clearly inadequate and reinforces the need for an urgent dispatch of an...

Over 1,000 families in the southern and south-eastern regions of Brazil’s Pará state are facing imminent forced eviction following a court order obtained by state authorities. The state court ordered...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… Amnesty takes over the Fringe programme! Where: The World Famous Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, Edinburgh When: Wednesday 2nd August, 11.30am What...