Press releases in 2009

The winners of the 18th Amnesty International UK Media Awards were announced this evening. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

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...