Press releases in 2008

Risk of torture or death for 17 people held by rebel forces Amnesty International has appealed to thousands of its supporters to send a text message to a Darfur rebel commander demanding the immediate...

A new and revised version of ‘Fair Play: Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Scotland – A guide for journalists’ is available for download on our website. The guide, which was launched by the Asylum...

As Gordon Brown heads to China for his first visit to the country as Prime Minister, Amnesty International has sent a briefing to him, outlining key human rights concerns that must be raised with the...

Thirteen Palestinians in Gaza with cancer and other life-threatening conditions are being denied safe passage out of the beleaguered territory by Israeli military authorities, Amnesty International...

Beatings, electric shocks and suspension from the ceiling could lie in wait Beaten by security forces, subjected to electric shocks and suspended from the ceiling. This is the tale of a Bangladeshi...

Move puts civilian population back at risk Amnesty International today condemned the Sri Lankan government’s withdrawal from the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly...

Jail sentences upheld in YouTube ‘gay’ party video case Amnesty International has today issued a fresh call for the release of six men in Morocco jailed because of their presumed sexuality. The six...

A major public advertising campaign in support of a Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland has been launched by a coalition co-led by Amnesty International. The Human Rights Consortium – which is made up...

Jehovah's Witnesses face increasing levels of discrimination and abuse in Armenia, and are being beaten and imprisoned for their beliefs, according to Amnesty International. In a report published...

As nine Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to abolish death by...