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Press releases in 2007

Burma: Human rights council must pressure authorities to release detainees

Call for peaceful protestors to be freed – and for Louise Arbour to visit Amnesty International today (2 October) urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to urgently address the situation in...

Wales: Amnesty International bring Chinese human rights activist to the Welsh Assembly

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...

Kenny Richey case: Bail hearing welcomed

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...

Iraq: Palestinians are 'hidden victims' - New report

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...

Cymru: Amnest Rhyngwladol yn cyflwyno actifydd hawliau dynol o China i'r Cynulliad

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...

Companies Act becomes law, but Brown needs to go further to achieve targets

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...

Burma crisis: Amnesty calls for international arms embargo

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...