Press releases in 2008

Demonstrators protest in European capitals ahead of key UN Security Council meeting Wednesday 26 November 2008. Activists will demonstrate today in London and Paris, ahead of a key meeting of the UN...

Amnesty International today called for guarantees that the Taser electro-shock weapon would not be deployed any wider than specialist firearms officers in Northern Ireland. The organisation called for...

Schools across the United Kingdom set to mark 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights Amnesty International today revealed that over 92% of senior schools across the UK are all set...

Amnesty International today called upon the Home Office to guarantee that the Taser electro-shock weapon would not be deployed any wider than firearms officers and a limited number of specially...

Iranian child offender Reza Alinejad is at imminent risk of execution for a crime he committed at the age of 17. He has been granted a month to obtain the required diyeh (financial compensation) for...

Reacting to the announcement that the UN Security Council has authorised the deployment of 3,000 extra troops to reinforce those already on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty...

What exactly is happening in North Kivu? In late October, the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) armed opposition group launched a major offensive against government military...

Amnesty International welcomed today’s adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, by the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in New York...

Tamil Tigers using civilians as “buffer” against Government forces The Sri Lankan government must immediately end its policy of blocking humanitarian aid needed to reach an estimated 300,000 displaced...

Prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei was released on 23 July 2008, roughly four months before the end of his term of re-education through labour. Amnesty were asked not to make this news public until Bu...