Press releases in 2009

Call on the Iranian authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with the protestors The Iranian authorities must start an immediate investigation into the security forces’ violent handling of...

12 June, Geneva: Amnesty to host special panel event on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council The Sri Lankan government’s failure to deliver justice for serious human rights violations over the past 20...

Amnesty International has expressed concern for the safety of the scores of demonstrators from Indigenous communities in the Amazon who have been detained after they were forcibly dispersed in the...

“They need and are owed permanent and durable solutions” - Daniel Gorevan, Amnesty International Reports that the Pacific island state of Palau has offered to temporarily accept up to 17 Guantánamo...

Amnesty International has written to Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, outlining the organisation’s serious concerns about the case of Suzanne Breen, Northern Editor for the...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the situation in the Peruvian Amazon following violent events in the town of Bagua on Friday 5 June which led to at least 30 demonstrators and 22 police...

Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: 'The elections in Iran are taking place against a disturbing backdrop that includes massive use of the death penalty, the detention of...

Constitutional and legal reforms now underway in the Dominican Republic could lead to violations of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s human rights, Amnesty International...

The Container by Clare Bayley tells the story of immigrants trying to smuggle themselves into the UK inside a sealed container to start a new life. It takes place - actors and audience packed close...

A Palestinian refugee in the UK, subject to a Control Order since 2005, may commit suicide in the coming days if he is not provided with travel documentation to leave the UK, according to his lawyers...