Press releases in 2006

Amnesty International today called on the Chilean authorities to ensure that the recent death of Augusto Pinochet is not used as an excuse to further delay legal proceedings against others suspected...

Reacting to today’s ruling by the Law Lords that police did violate the right to freedom of movement and lawful assembly of protesters near RAF Fairford in March 2003, Amnesty International commented...

The killing of three Children's rights yesterday by gunmen in the Gaza Strip was an appalling act and one that Amnesty International utterly condemns. It was the latest of a series of incidents in...

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan concludes 10-day visit to region with impassioned call for human rights, justice and removal of illegal settlements Amnesty International's Secretary...

Reacting to the news of the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Pinochet’s death must not be the end of the story. Amnesty...

Demonstration in London: Rape alarms to be set off outside Downing Street Photos and video from refugee camps in Chad available; experts available for interview Demonstrators will set off hundreds of...

A multi-faith vigil was held for the people of Darfur on the steps of St Anne's Cathedral on Sunday 10th December. The Amnesty International-organised vigil enabled people in Belfast to join thousands...

Responding to reports that the US military authorities at Guantanamo Bay have moved a group of detainees into a new maximum-security prison block at the camp, Amnesty International UK Campaigns...

Despite growing anger in Pakistan at the practice of enforced disappearances, the government has still not acknowledged its responsibility for hundreds of people arbitrarily detained in secret...

Control Arms campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). Work on an international Arms Treaty will begin immediately following a...