Press releases in 2009

More than 1,000 people face execution in Iraq, said Amnesty International today (1 September), as it published a new report on the extensive imposition of death sentences in the country. Some 150 of...

On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), Amnesty International expressed dismay at the UK Government’s failure to sign a United Nations Convention that could bring justice...

Amnesty International today announced that Palace of the End by Judith Thompson has won its prestigious Freedom of Expression Award . The production was by the Royal Exchange Theatre Company...

Today at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Amnesty International and Mainstream Publishing will jointly launch a collection of short stories by top writers, to celebrate 60 years of the...

Philippines has one of highest numbers of displaced people in the world; new report reveals ongoing arrests, beatings and electro-shock torture More than 200,000 civilians in central Mindanao are...

Amnesty International (today) announced that four plays have been short listed for its prestigious Freedom of Expression Award . They are: The Chronicles of Long Kesh by Martin Lynch (Green Shoots...

Responding to the release of a report into the torture of detainees by CIA operatives, Amnesty International USA executive director Larry Cox said: "Fresh revelations that CIA agents carried out mock...

In response to claims that the Home Office is considering issuing UK police forces with the new wireless stun gun called the Taser X-REP, Amnesty International UK’s Arms Programme Director, Oliver...

Silence about illegal settlements would ‘make mockery’ of international law Ahead of his meeting with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Amnesty International has called on Gordon Brown to...

The Government of Bangladesh is seeking an endorsement from the highest court of the country that the 1952 Army Act can be extended to cover Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel accused of killing dozens...