Press releases in 2009

Amnesty International called for the immediate and unconditional release or prompt and fair trial of 18 human rights and political activists detained yesterday, just two months after they were...

Speaking at a gathering of anti-death penalty protestors outside the Iranian embassy in London today, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said: “The earth on Delara Darabi's grave has...

The Iranian authorities must halt the execution of two juvenile offenders due to be executed today (6 May), Amnesty International said today. The scheduled executions come just six days after Iran’s...

Northumberland’s award-winning Children's rights’s author David Almond is one of 14 well-known writers who has contributed to Amnesty International’s new anthology of Children's rights’s stories...

BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight programme has been shortlisted for a prestigious Amnesty International Media Award. The programme, Prisoner B2970, told the shocking story of the death by suicide of...

Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

New White Ribbon Scotland website launched at STUC congress. Hollywood star Brian Cox today urged Scottish men to do more in tackling Scotland’s shameful record on violence against Women's rights's...

The Chinese authorities intimidated and unlawfully detained parents and relatives of Children's rights who died in the devastating Sichuan earthquake and harassed activists and lawyers who tried to...

One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma, six people have been jailed by the authorities for helping to bury victims while another 15 remain behind bars for their relief efforts. Amnesty...