Press releases in 2008

Northern Ireland campaigners against the death penalty have hailed the release tonight (Monday) of Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, as "very welcome...

Amnesty to welcome him home at Edinburgh airport Amnesty International and other anti-death penalty campaigners are preparing to welcome back to Scotland tomorrow Kenny Richey, the Scottish man who...

Amnesty International has called on the Home Office to reconsider its decision to deport a Nigerian family who have been living in east Belfast. Amnesty will be taking part in a protest on the steps...

Amnesty International today issued an urgent appeal for Internet blogger Fouad Ahmad al-Farhan , who is reportedly being held in incommunicado detention at Dhaban Prison in the Saudi city of Jeddah...

Campaigners for Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, are preparing to celebrate his release on Monday. Mr Richey had been preparing to mount a defence in...

Youtube ‘gay’ party video shown at original trial Amnesty International today called on its 2.2 million members worldwide to write to the Moroccan authorities demanding the release of six men who are...

Politicians must intervene to end bloodshed and help thousands left displaced Amnesty International today strongly condemned the increasing number of politically-motivated killings of civilians by...

Campaigners for Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, are preparing to celebrate his release on Monday. Mr Richey had been preparing to mount a defence in...

Charges against pair no more than a ‘criminalisation of free speech’ Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia, adding that the two men are...

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the expansion of China’s lethal injection programme, questioning claims that it is ‘more humane’ than execution by firing squad. The organisation called...