Press releases in 2009

Somalia: Amnesty calls for investigation into killing of radio director Muktar Mohamed Hirabe is the fifth journalist to be killed in the line of work this year Amnesty International has today [8 June...

In a report published to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the war in Kosovo, Amnesty International highlights the continued failure of the authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to investigate and...

The North Korean government should immediately release two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with hard labour, Amnesty International said today. The...

As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today briefs the Security Council on his visit to Sri Lanka, Amnesty International is urging the Security Council to demand that Sri Lanka provides full access to...

Anna Lo MLA lays wreath on steps of Stormont The twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre will be marked in Belfast today when Hong Kong-born MLA Anna Lo lays a wreath on the steps of...

Increasing homophobia in Lithuania of great concern Amnesty International today condemned the Lithuanian parliament for voting to proceed with a bill that would bring in a similar regime to ‘Clause 28...

Amnesty International today welcomed the agreement reached by European Union member states on practical steps that could facilitate the safe release of Guantánamo detainees, and called on the US...

The Chinese authorities have stepped up curbs on dissenting voices and escalated censorship of activists throughout the country, said Amnesty International today, a day before the 20th anniversary of...

Amnesty International has announced that the winner of the 2009 Scottish Prize in their annual Media Awards is Lucy Adams, writing in The Herald Magazine for her piece "The Fight for Justice"...

Amnesty International UK has reacted to reports that two Britons - Sally Antia and Mark Hawkins - have today been sentenced to a two-month jail term in Dubai for an offence relating to “adultery”...