Press releases in 2009

Amnesty International today (9 July) condemned the conviction of Sichuan earthquake survivor He Hongchun on charges of “gathering a crowd to disturb social order” for organising a protest on behalf of...

Reacting to the news that the Ethiopian Parliament has passed an Anti-Terror Proclamation in Ethiopia, Amnesty International warned that the law could restrict freedom of expression, peaceful assembly...

Amnesty International today welcomes the UK Government’s decision to amend UK law to enable to bring to justice those suspected of committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity...

Amnesty International today welcomed the decision of the German, Swiss and Austrian governments to withdraw funding, provided through their respective Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), to the Ilýsu dam...

The ethnic identity of Uighurs in western China is being systematically eroded. Government policies, including those that limit use of the Uighur language, severe restrictions on freedom of religion...

Amnesty International today called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 140 people were killed when a protest turned violent...

Fear of persecution grows as residents moved to ‘AIDS village’ Fears are mounting for 31 families living with HIV and AIDS in the Borei Keila area of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, who were...

In response to the African Union (AU)’s decision to not cooperate with the war crimes arrest warrant, issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, Amnesty...

Amnesty International today (3 July) welcomed the Home Office’s agreement to issue a travel document to Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a stateless Palestinian refugee who is under a Control Order. Subject to the...

Representatives from Amnesty International, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) will this afternoon petition the Gambian High Commission in London to put a stop...