Press releases in 2008

An investigative documentary film-maker has been detained after investigating a conflict between the Mapuche Indigenous people and lumber companies over the use of land. Elena Varela López was filming...

Amnesty International today called on the government of Zimbabwe to immediately lift its ban on field operations by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and accused the government of using food for...

Amnesty International today called on the government of Zimbabwe to immediately lift its ban on field operations by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and accused the government of using food for...

Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by the British Embassy that they will fly the rainbow flag alongside the Union flag this weekend in support of Warsaw Pride 2008. The Pride March, which...

Amnesty International has condemned the sharp crackdown on political opponents and human rights activists in the run up to the second round of Zimbabwe’s presidential elections, as it published a new...

Government officials confiscate aid and thousands forced out of emergency shelters The Burmese government is stepping up efforts to force survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and is...

Thousands of people are expected at an Amnesty International demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London today to mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in...

Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani (Yemen) and Aqil Xalil (Azerbaijan) shortlisted Amnesty International UK has shortlisted a Yemeni and an Azerbaijani journalist for its 2008 “Special Award For Human Rights...