Press releases in 2008

More than 130 crew members of at least nine ships are being held hostage by pirates off the coast of Puntland, in north-eastern Somalia. A number of the hostages are reported to have been injured...

Amnesty International has issued a call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mohamed Erraji, the 29-year-old blogger sentenced this week to two years imprisonment reportedly for “lack of...

Concert on what would have been 30th birthday for artist who died tragically young Amnesty International and the United Nations Children's rights’s Fund (UNICEF) are to be the joint beneficiaries of a...

Amnesty International demands restoration of fundamental right The Thai government should remove restrictions on free speech contained in today’s emergency decree, Amnesty International said. Benjamin...

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...