Press releases in 2007

Military crackdown is a blatant breach of international law, says Amnesty The current State of Emergency in Pakistan is a blatant breach of international law and human rights standards enshrined in...

Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal for Sajad Hussain Wani, a Pakistani national studying in Malaysia, who has been detained illegally for almost one month, and has been tortured by...

Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal for journalist and human rights defender Jahangir Alam Akash, who is currently under arrest and has, according to reports, been tortured and...

Amnesty International today (2 November) expressed deep concern at the implications of the ruling of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) on the cases of three Algerian men – Mustapha...

As Russia prepares to mark National Unity Day on 4 November, Amnesty International has urged the authorities to publicly speak out against racism and violence directed at foreigners and ethnic...

World-renowned legal campaigner Clive Stafford-Smith is set to deliver a blistering exposé of life on the frontline of the so-called War on Terror in Belfast. The celebrated human rights advocate will...

Amnesty International today (2 November) launched an urgent appeal for Sajad Hussain Wani, a Pakistani national studying in Malaysia, who has been detained illegally for almost one month, and has been...

Pupils at Mulberry school collaborate with acclaimed Irish author to help promote CLICK, a fundraising book for Amnesty International Girls at Mulberry School in Tower Hamlets yesterday rose to a...

Amnesty International has applauded the decision of Glasgow City Council to make a Freedom of the City award to Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a welcome and noble gesture, which

Amnesty International today warned that today’s Law Lords ruling may only lead to the government persisting with a watered-down Control Order regime that remains fundamentally unfair. The organisation...