Press releases in 2009

Workers from across London will be giving up their lunch hour today (Friday) to attend a protest outside the Iranian Embassy against its Government’s harsh treatment of trade unionists, something...

Amnesty International condemns the cross amputations carried out on four teenagers earlier today by al-Shabab armed militia in northern Mogadishu. Ali Mohamudi Geedi, Osmail Kalif Abdule, Jeylani...

Workers from across London will be giving up their lunch hour tomorrow (Friday 26 June) to protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Kensington at the Iranian government’s harsh treatment of trade...

On the eve of Presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday 28 June, Amnesty International calls on candidates, the government and the security forces to publicly commit to respect human rights...

Amnesty International is calling on the Al-Shabab armed group not to carry out amputations on four men who have been accused of robbery. The four young men were sentenced on 22 June to cross...

* Crucifixion means decapitated body and head to be displayed on pole in public * One man’s sentence increased from five years to 20 years to death Amnesty International has issued urgent appeals for...

A new report released today (24 June) from Amnesty International reveals a pattern of widespread torture, sexual abuse and exploitation and ill treatment of suspects during arrests, interrogation and...

Amnesty International today (24 June) condemned the formal arrest of prominent scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” on 23 June. The People’s Daily...

Newly released interviews with former Bagram detainees by the BBC are a timely reminder of the continuing need for accountability, transparency and for the human rights of those held by the USA in...

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told Amnesty International's Secretary-General Irene Khan that the direction for reform had been set and committed to ensuring the implementation of the...