Press releases in 2008

New report documents violence against US beef import protestors Amnesty International today found the South Korean police guilty of using excessive force earlier this year against demonstrators...

Recent attacks on independent journalists and human rights activists illustrate the risks under which they work in Russia, Amnesty International said on the eve of the second anniversary of Anna...

Amnesty calls for authorities to match words with actions in eastern state of Orissa India should match its words with its actions and ensure that members of the Christian minority community in the...

Forty years after one of the worst incidents of mass killing in Mexico’s history, the Mexican government still hasn’t given answers to questions surrounding the massacre that took place in Mexico City...

New campaign to target student unions A new poll shows that almost half (46%) of Northern Ireland university students believe that a woman is partially or totally responsible for being raped if she...

As European Union monitors take up their posts in Georgia, ongoing security concerns, unexploded ordnance from the Georgia-Russia conflict in August and the large scale destruction of property in...

Amnesty International today condemned the Burmese authorities decision to re-arrest U Win Htein just days after his release. The 66-year-old is a senior assistant to Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of...

Urgent measures required to protect Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls from the continuing blight of sexual violence For every two Children's rights released, five...

Winner of recent Amnesty media award released earlier today Responding to news that the Yemeni journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani has been released from prison earlier this afternoon, Amnesty...

Joan Baez, legendary folk musician and lifelong human rights activist, has joined Amnesty International’s Small Places Tour - the human rights organisation’s latest international music project Baez...