Press releases in 2008

Amnesty International today called on the Kenyan government to take all appropriate steps to protect people in Kenya from ongoing human rights abuses caused by politically-motivated and ethnic attacks...

Amnesty International has responded to Government figures showing a 50% rise in reported rapes over the last six years, pointing out that Northern Ireland has the worst support services for the...

As the government today publishes its Counter-Terrorism Bill, with plans to give police the power to detain terrorism suspects for 42 days, Amnesty International urged MPs and the public alike to show...

Zimbabwean opposition leader among those already arrested As crowds amass outside Harare to begin planned demonstrations against the Zimbabwean government today, Amnesty International called on...

University lecturers charged for encouraging students to protest against military-backed regime freed after presidential pardon Amnesty International today welcomed the pardon and release of three...

Darfur’s displaced in camps awash with weapons and child-soldier recruitment on rise As the new AU-UN hybrid peacekeeping force (UNAMID) ends its third week of operations in Darfur, Amnesty...

Amnesty International today condemned the reckless and excessive use of lethal force by the Kenyan police, as reports emerged of the killings of at least twelve people - including a 13-year-old boy -...

Warning of public health emergency in territory as even aid is cut off Israel’s blocking of all fuel supplies to Gaza was condemned as collective punishment today as Amnesty International warned of an...

Amnesty International today revealed that journalists in Chad are suffering from a major crackdown as the government continues fighting armed opposition forces in the east of the country. Journalists...

New report shows increase in use of Article 301 ‘Gagging Law’ On the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Amnesty International today called on...