Press releases in 2007

A year on from the start of last year’s 34-day war between Hizbullah and Israel, Amnesty International today condemned the complete absence of any steps in the two countries affected or...

Amnesty International, the AIRE Centre, The International Commission of JURISTs, Interights and REDRESS are warning that, in a hearing today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights is...

Man already reportedly stoned to death last week Amnesty International has issued an ‘urgent action’ appeal on behalf of a woman in Iran who is facing imminent death by stoning for adultery. This...

A Sri Lankan teenager in Saudi Arabia faces beheading within days after being convicted of murder, despite having had no legal representation at her trial and reportedly being only 17 at the time of...

As the Law Lords begin hearing a case today (5 July) concerning the UK counter-terrorism control order regime, Amnesty International calls on the UK authorities to commit themselves to prosecuting...

A sham paramilitary demobilisation process, combined with thousands of cases of threats and killings, and a chronic lack of investigations and prosecutions makes Colombia one of the most dangerous...

Former political prisoner ‘pays back’ Amnesty GoodStorm, a US-based e-commerce and digital music company, has joined forces with Amnesty International to launch a viral music campaign in support of a...

Amnesty International today (2 July) called for all the evidence and circumstances to be considered as the trial of 18 people accused of involvement in the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant...