Press releases in 2008

As the number of casualties continues to mount, civilians in Gaza are in increasingly dire need of food, medical and other emergency assistance, Amnesty International said today. International...

Palestinian civilians remain at risk of being killed or injured in the Israeli air strikes and are increasingly lacking adequate medical care food, medicines, electricity, water and other necessities...

Amnesty International today expressed fears that authorities are pursuing a serious prosecution against the literary critic and activist Liu Xiaobo, a signatory of the Charter 08 campaign for...

Available exclusively on iTunes as charity EP Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Masekala, Stephen Marley and Natalie Merchant are amongst stars involved A new Amnesty International song and video project has...

Warning that vulnerable people will still be at risk In response to news that the UK Government has ratified an important anti-trafficking convention, Amnesty International has welcomed the move but...

Tasers are inherently open to abuse and are not as safe as the industry would suggest, said Amnesty International today (16 Dec) as it reiterated its call to strictly limit deployment of the weapon to...

Tasers are inherently open to abuse and are not as safe as the industry would suggest, said Amnesty International today as it reiterated its call to the UK government to limit deployment of the weapon...

Ahead of a major two-day Palestinian trade and investment conference starting in London on 15 December, Amnesty International is calling on PM Gordon Brown to put human rights firmly on the agenda of...

"There must be full accountability for the devastating consequences of the authorisation of torture and other unlawful practices as part of the ‘war on terror’” "The US Senate inquiry acknowledges...

It is great news to be able to report that the UN General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol by concensus. It is fitting that this took place on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration...