Press releases in 2008

Former Guantánamo Bay detainee to hand prizes to winners of Amnesty International’s You Can’t Jail Minds competition tod ay Amnesty International today announced the winners of its prestigious poetry...

Amnesty International today called on the government of the UK to give the lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, a former UK resident imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, information which it holds and which might...

The filling of Boeung Kak Lake in central Phnom Penh should immediately stop until a proper process that ensures human rights protection is in place, said Amnesty International and the Centre on...

As the Beijing Olympics drew to a close, Amnesty International today (24 Aug) accused Chinese authorities of prioritising image over substance as it continued to persecute and punish activists and

“Deep Cut”, the story of four young soldiers who died from gunshot wounds at Deepcut Barracks between 1995 and 2002, and of their parents’ campaign for an inquiry into the deaths, has won the 2008...

The shortlist for the 2008 Freedom of Expression Award has been announced. The Freedom of Expression Award is administered by Amnesty International and the Big Issue in Scotland. The Award recognises...

Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International's Northern Ireland office stated: “Amnesty recognises that police officers have a duty to protect themselves and others from serious life-threatening...

New research published today (20 August) suggests that people trafficking - the modern-day equivalent of the slave trade - is occurring around Scotland. The "Scotland's Slaves" briefing paper...

Twenty years after the then Iranian authorities began a wave of largely secret, summary and mass executions in September 1988, Amnesty International renews its call for those responsible for the...

38 people sentenced to death for 10 May Khartoum attacks Hundreds of people – including Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and a nine-month old boy – have been detained by the...