Press releases in 2008

400,000 displaced, over 100 civilians killed and 140 people taken hostage The suspension of the peace talks between the government of the Philippines and insurgents in the southern island of Mindanao...

The Colombian government is painting a positive picture of the human rights situation in Colombia, despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks against social and human rights...

Amnesty to hold demonstration on the day that Aung San Suu Kyi completes her 13th year in detention and EU and Asian leaders meet in Beijing Amnesty International today called on European Union...

The awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is a significant acknowledgement of the work of Hu Jia, said Amnesty International as the prize was announced today by the European Parliament...

Campaigners’ last-ditch effort to save man set to die despite strong innocence claims Amnesty International campaigners are mounting a candle-lit vigil for the death row prisoner Troy Davis on the...

Dreadful conditions: Prisoners on death row are held in cells where they can witness executions. After a prisoner has been hanged, other death row prisoners are forced to clean the gallow Hundreds of...

Death penalty film to be centerpiece of event with Livia and Colin Firth, Sam Roddick, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Ben Chaplin, Ben Barnes, Beverley Knight and others Evening a ‘Bondage To Freedom...

Afghan journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh should be freed immediately as there have never been any legal grounds for his conviction or sentence, Amnesty International said today, in response to news...

Three finalists have been chosen from more than 125 plays submitted for the second annual Protect The Human Playwriting Award produced by iceandfire and Amnesty International. The competition seeks to...

World’s Parliamentarians urge UN to back Arms Treaty The United Nations has today received the demands of over 2000 parliamentarians from 124 countries for urgent progress towards negotiation of an...