Press releases in 2009

Amnesty condemns police beatings and mass arrests Amnesty International has denounced the sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests of demonstrators and intimidation of human rights defenders in...

Report is ‘last best chance for justice’ - Tim Hancock In a new letter to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Amnesty International has urged him to ensure that the UK fully supports the...

Richard Hughes says case of death row inmate Troy Davis is ‘terrifying illustration’ of why death penalty is wrong A musician from best-selling rock band Keane is to accompany Amnesty International on...

On the eve of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s expected announcement of new finance packages devoted to improving healthcare in the developing world at the United Nations in New York, Amnesty In

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately. The local Islamic Criminal Code was passed by the Aceh...

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately, Amnesty International said today. The local Islamic Criminal...

Saudi Arabia must not close its borders to civilians fleeing the conflict raging in Yemen’s Sa’da region, Amnesty International has said in a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior. The warning...

Amnesty International today raised questions about the level of importance that the PSNI placed on human rights in their training of Libyan police. Media reports indicate that the PSNI and members of...

Amnesty International welcomes the release of Mexican prisoner of conscience Jacinta Francisco Marcial, who was held in prison for three years after being falsely accused of kidnapping six federal...

Spain has one of the strictest detention regimes in Europe and is in breach of international human rights law, said Amnesty International today (15 September) in a new report. The report, Out of the...