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Press releases in 2006

Taiwan: Urgent appeal to prevent imminent execution

Appeal to stop execution after justice minister backtracks over statements made to Amnesty International on death penalty. Amnesty International has today issued an urgent appeal against the imminent...

Sudan: New style of Janjawid attacks in Darfur

Janjawid militia raids villages in vehicles for the first time As the UN evacuates staff from the main Darfur town of El Fasher today because of the growing threat from armed groups, Amnesty...

Iran: Amnesty International concerned at increasing censorship of websites and other media

Read a copy of this press release in Farsi (PDF, 100KB) 300 new sites censored every day; visits to websites used as evidence against activist Amnesty International today (7 December) expressed...

UK: NIO gets damning report card: just one out of ten for tackling violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights

Amnesty International, working as part of the End Violence Against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights Campaign, today launches a damning new report, Making the Grade 2. This...

Lebanon: Need for responsible leadership and comprehensive approach to end impunity

(Beirut) As thousands of people have been taking part in the latest demonstrations on the streets of Beirut, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan called on political leaders to ensure...

Iran: Internet repression stems from fear

Responding to news today (4 December) that the Iranian authorities have blocked access to major websites including the New York Times, Wikipedia and YouTube, Amnesty International expressed serious...

Darfur & Chad: Janjawid attacks bring murder, rape and mutilations 100 miles into Chad

Massacres documented as thousands around the world organize for Day for Darfur, Sunday 10 December Janjawid taunt victims: ‘why isn’t anyone here to protect you?’ Amnesty International today (1...