Press releases in 2009

Amnesty International has put out an urgent appeal on behalf of a Honduran transgender woman who was arrested by the police, beaten up and threatened with death if she reported what happened to her...

Reacting to today’s House of Commons statement from the Foreign Secretary David Miliband on the case of Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International UK Director Kate...

The Chinese government’s report to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) whitewashes serious human rights abuses being committed across the country, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty’s...

Amnesty International has called on the joint United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force, UNAMID, not to desert civilians sheltering in the town of Muhajeriya in south Darfur. People in the town...

Reacting to today’s High Court ruling and a House of Commons statement from David Davis MP in the case of Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International UK Director Kate...

Still Human Still Here: The underground world of refused and destitute asylum seekers Host Gallery 17 March – 4 April 2009 Private View Wednesday 18 March 6-8pm The shocking, hidden lives of refused...

The Chinese government should immediately disclose the whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng, a leading human rights lawyer who disappeared two weeks ago, said Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and...

Amnesty International has welcomed news that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are expected to release a number of high-profile hostages, including former governor Alan Jara and...