Press releases in 2008

Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

Amnesty International today challenged world leaders to apologise for six decades of human rights failure and to re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements. Launching Amnesty International...

As representatives from over 100 governments start to arive in Dublin for next week's major diplomatic conference, where world leaders will finalise the text of an international treaty to ban the use...

Shocking new briefing profiles verbal and physical attacks and the current state of legislation in 19 countries across Eastern Europe To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Amnesty...

Youths forced to fight; schools close as teachers flee violence Violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis point warned Amnesty International as it revealed that ‘war veterans’ are forcibly recruiting...

Amnesty calls for end to discrimination on eve of the International Day Against Homophobia On the eve of the International Day Against Homophobia (17 May), Amnesty International calls on governments...

Amnesty International supporters are urging authorities in Zimbabwe to immediately release two leading trade unionists who have been detained solely for peacefully exercising their basic human rights...

UK campaign to ban cluster bombs Nearly eight out of ten people (79%) in Great Britain think the government should support a worldwide ban on cluster bombs according to a new YouGov poll released...

Sir Menzies Campbell speaks out after Amnesty delegation meets US government to discuss future of notorious prison camp ‘It is now essential that we receive a timetable for Guantánamo’s closure’ -...

The Colombian government's decision to extradite 14 paramilitary leaders wanted in the USA on drugs-trafficking charges should not be used as an excuse to end investigations into the role played by...