Press releases in 2009

Amnesty International welcomed reports today that Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed in Dubai for adultery, has been released. Amnesty has supported Marnie Pearce’s case from the outset and...

Ten years after NATO forces bombed the Serbian state television and radio building in Belgrade (Radio Televisija Srbije - RTS), no one has been brought to justice for this serious violation of...

Nearly 650,000 Pakistanis living in Buner district, some 120 kilometres from Islamabad, are now at the mercy of abusive and repressive Pakistani Taleban groups that have taken over the area since 21...

The hand-in of a petition at the United Arab Emirates embassy today (23 April) for Marnie Pearce, a British woman currently jailed on ‘adultery’ charges in Dubai, was suspended after developments on...

“If we didn’t give money then they beat us. They used our money to send us back to Afghanistan.” – Afghan asylum-seeker. People arriving at Turkey’s borders in search of asylum are putting their lives...

Supporters of British woman Marnie Pearce, a British woman currently jailed on ‘adultery’ charges in Dubai, will hand in a petition at the United Arab Emirates embassy at 1.30pm on Thursday 23 April...

UTU leader available for interview An education pack developed by Amnesty International in partnership with the Ulster Teachers’ Union (UTU) and the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) is to...

US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is a pawn in the ongoing political developments between Iran and the USA and should be considered a prisoner of conscience, Amnesty International said today as it...

Amnesty International is calling on the Shangdong authorities to stop the continuing harassment of Yuan Weijing, the wife of imprisoned legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who has been under virtual house...

“If we didn’t give money then they beat us. They used our money to send us back to Afghanistan.” – Afghan asylum-seeker. People arriving at Turkey’s borders in search of asylum are putting their lives...