Press releases in 2009

Amnesty is urging the authorities to ensure that the site is preserved and to initiate a forensic investigation at the site as part of a long-overdue investigation into mass executions which began in...

Irene Khan said: “This is clearly an important step in the right direction. Speed and specifics are now of the essence - the trial or release of these 240-plus detainee cases is already years overdue...

Amnesty International has called on the Israeli authorities to disclose the weapons and munitions their forces used during the three-week military campaign in Gaza. Donatella Rovera, head of an...

Luis Alfonso Plazas was arrested in July 2007 in relation to the disappearances, which took place during the military assault on the Palace of Justice in Bogotá after M-19 guerrillas took those inside...

Amnesty International has called upon authorities in Chad to track down the whereabouts of Issa Palkoubou, an English teacher who has not been seen since 3 September 2008. Amnesty believes that he may...

New letter urges EU countries to offer ‘humanitarian protection’ to detainees who risk torture or persecution at home Amnesty International is calling on the United Kingdom to break its silence over...

Amnesty International has appealed to governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and Rwanda – whose forces are now engaged in military offensives inside the DRC against the Lords...

Amnesty International today reacted to the Emirate's Appeal Court upholding a British woman’s conviction for adultery. Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Marnie Pearce maintains that...

Amnesty International welcomed the new US administration’s moves to suspend military commission proceedings at Guantánamo as a “positive sign” and said that it hoped it was a “clear signal of this...

Gilan Mohammadi (female) and Gholamali Eskandari (male) are believed to have been detained since 2003. They are held in Esfahan Central Prison, in the centre of the country. Amnesty International...