Press releases in 2007

Elton John joins call on all European countries to respect gay rights Tomorrow (Saturday 30 June) Amnesty International members will join the annual Gay Pride march in London and stage a mock...

Iran is the only country in the world that still executes child offenders – people convicted of crimes committed before they were 18 - said Amnesty International in a new report today (27 June). The...

Amnesty International has today (26 June) called on Poland and Romania to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations into new information concerning CIA “extraordinary rendition”...

The Control Arms campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) Campaigners around the world are celebrating a significant victory...

Civilians attacked and killed by government and opposition forces Armed bandits roam in northern CAR, kidnapping Children's rights for ransom Amnesty International today (26 June) warned that hundreds...

Today (25 June 2007), after an unconscionable and inordinate delay - more than four years after receipt of many individual files from the Stevens III investigation into matters of collusion in...

Double CD for Amnesty with U2, Avril Lavigne, R.E.M., Aerosmith, Christina Aguilera, Green Day, The Cure, Youssou N’Dour and many others CD to boost Amnesty’s work on crisis in Darfur Some of the...

Amnesty International is greatly concerned by the continuing threat to the life of Alan Johnston, the BBC News reporter who has been missing for more than 100 days since his abduction in Gaza City on...

Reacting to reports that the US administration has postponed a meeting regarding the future of the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay, including the possibility of its closure, Amnesty International...

Jailed activist Chen Guangcheng has been severely beaten by other prisoners on the orders of prison guards and denied medical treatment, said Amnesty International today (22 June). The organisation...