Press releases in 2007

A meeting tomorrow (2 October) at the National Assembly for Wales will hear the harrowing story of a prominent human rights activist from China. Rebiya Kadeer, a businesswoman and representative of...

Scottish man’s ‘long road to freedom’ could begin this week Amnesty International UK and other anti-death penalty campaigners have welcomed the fact that Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has been on...

Saddam’s ‘preferred group’ perception leading to abduction, mutilation and death Palestinian refugees living in Iraq are the hidden victims of the Iraq conflict, said Amnesty International today (1...

Bydd cyfarfod heddiw (2 Hydref) yng Nghynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru yn clywed stori ddirdynnol actifydd iawnderau dynol flaenllaw o Tsieina. Bydd Rebiya Kadeer, dynes fusnes a chynrychiolydd y...

Leading campaign groups today (1 October) welcomed the Companies Act (that becomes law on October 1), but called on Gordon Brown to make sure that the act is the first step to further reforms on the...

United Nations Security Council must act immediately Amnesty International is today (1 October 2007) urging the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a comprehensive and mandatory arms...

Amnesty International calls protest for 'no more bloodshed' in Burma A demonstration in solidarity with the peaceful protestors in Burma will be staged in Belfast this Saturday. The demonstration...

‘ASEAN’ members in New York must not ignore violence Amnesty International has sent an open letter to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in New York today urging...

Amnesty International welcomes the Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde’s announcement that there will be no deployment of Tasers in Northern Ireland until human rights and equality concerns are met...

With fears growing over how the Burma (Burmese) military government will react to the growing calls for democracy, Amnesty International has voiced fresh concern that Northern Ireland companies could...