Press releases in 2008

Amnesty International today condemned the detention of a woman in a basic prison cell with up to 100 men as a ‘gross abuse of her rights’. Brígida Asongsua Elo was arrested in Malabo – the capital...

Amnesty International today reacted to the decision made by film director Steven Spielberg to cease his involvement in the Beijing Olympics. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock...

Amnesty International today welcomed the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the members of the “Stolen Generation” of indigenous Australians and their families. Amnesty International...

The Pentagon’s announcement that it has charged six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay raises yet more questions about the USA’s conduct in the “war on terror”, said Amnesty International...

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern for the life of a 66-year-old man being held in Libya who is suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease and is being...

Failure to strengthen legal institution has left East Timor trapped in a cycle of violence As more peacekeepers arrive in East Timor under the state of emergency imposed following the shooting of...

Threats to the media and media freedoms have increased dramatically As hostilities in Sri Lanka intensify and human rights abuses increase, threats to the media and media freedoms inside the country...

Nationwide competition asks UK’s schoolChildren's rights to imagine life as a detainee Amnesty International today launched a poetry competition for secondary schools across the UK, but with a twist...

Talks starting today in the UN offer an historic way forward on conventional arms control, say Control Arms campaigners. Today 28 delegates from every continent will sit on the Group of Governmental...

Amnesty International report published today reveals horrors faced by thousands “ I lost my house, rice and belongings like clothes and utensils. All houses were burned down and destroyed by the...