Press releases in 2007

Amnesty International today called for the coroner’s inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes to be resumed without further delay, and for the inquest to be given a wide enough scope to...

Amnesty International UK Media Briefing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s UK visit, 5-6 December 2007 Under President Arroyo’s administration, there have been political killings and enforced...

Later today the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in relation to Guantánamo detentions on whether the US courts have been unlawfully stripped of jurisdiction to consider habeas corpus...

Thomas Arthur set for 6 December execution A man in the state of Alabama in the United States is facing execution this week (Thursday 6 December) despite an unofficial ‘moratorium’ on executions in...

Human trafficking, the modern day form of slavery, is taking place here in Scotland with mostly Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights being trafficked into...

Amnesty International has today called for disciplinary measures against a Saudi Arabian lawyer who has defended a rape victim in the country to be dropped. Abdul Rahman al-Lahem has been summoned to...

Amnesty International today accused the criminal justice system in northern Uganda of ignoring, denying and tacitly condoning violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's...

Amnesty International stepped up its campaign this week against the roll out of tasers in Scotland. Amnesty International’s Scottish Office has submitted a written response to the Scottish Government...

A campaigning film with a difference opens in parliament on Tuesday 4 December. Still Human Still Here: The Destitution of Refused Asylum Seekers , produced by Nick Broomfield for Amnesty...

Amnesty International today warned that the lack of technical support for peacekeeping forces in Chad, Darfur and the Central African Republic is endangering people's lives and setting the...