Press releases in 2008

New campaign to target student unions A new poll shows that almost half (46%) of Northern Ireland university students believe that a woman is partially or totally responsible for being raped if she...

As European Union monitors take up their posts in Georgia, ongoing security concerns, unexploded ordnance from the Georgia-Russia conflict in August and the large scale destruction of property in...

Amnesty International today condemned the Burmese authorities decision to re-arrest U Win Htein just days after his release. The 66-year-old is a senior assistant to Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of...

Urgent measures required to protect Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls from the continuing blight of sexual violence For every two Children's rights released, five...

Winner of recent Amnesty media award released earlier today Responding to news that the Yemeni journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani has been released from prison earlier this afternoon, Amnesty...

Joan Baez, legendary folk musician and lifelong human rights activist, has joined Amnesty International’s Small Places Tour - the human rights organisation’s latest international music project Baez...

Cambodia: Anti-forced eviction activists silenced by the wealthy Rich and powerful individuals and groups involved in land disputes in Cambodia are increasingly using their power to silence opponents...

Several people were attacked this week at the first “Sarajevo Queer Festival”, said Amnesty International, as it called on the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide adequate security for...

TV comedian Tim McGarry has joined local Amnesty International campaigners in welcoming the release of U Win Tin, a 78-year-old Burmese journalist who has been the subject of the organisation's...

Amnesty International is making urgent representations to the Nepalese authorities about the case of a woman who was allegedly tortured in police custody, including by being threatened with having...