Press releases in 2009

Amnesty International deplores the execution and crucifixion which took place in Saudi Arabia today. Ahmed bin ‘Adhaib bin ‘Askar al-shamlani al-‘Anzi was beheaded and his body crucified in a public...

Jailed Azerbaijani newspaper editor receives Amnesty media award. Download Russian version (PDF) Amnesty International this evening gave its coveted “Special Award For Journalism Under Threat” to...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “As well as delivering his speech to the Muslim world and trying to kick-start the stalled Middle East peace process, President Obama should use this...

“It’s exactly the right time to start tweeting Amnesty news for journalists who want real-time human rights updates” - Mike Blakemore, Amnesty media director Winners of Amnesty’s annual media awards...

UN Human Rights Council condemned as having double standards The United Nations must immediately publicise its estimate of the number of civilians killed by the two sides in the final weeks of...

World leaders must invest in human rights as purposefully as they are investing in the economy, says Amnesty as it launches annual report The world is sitting on a social, political and economic time...

Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to hold a Special Session on Sri Lanka today. Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific director, said: “For the...

Thousands of villagers have been displaced and thousands more are trapped in the cross fire in the Delta State since fighting began on 13 May 2009 between Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) and armed...

Fears grow that news from conflict zone will be restricted Three doctors who told the BBC of various attacks carried out by the Sri Lankan government over the last few months have gone missing...

As the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) reaches its final hours and the humanitarian crisis unfolds, Amnesty International is calling for key steps to be adopted to...