Press releases in 2009

Today at the United Nations after years of discussions and debates, the vast majority of governments – 153 in total – agreed a timetable to establish a "strong and robust" Arms Treaty (ATT) with the...

The assault of two independent journalists in Tunisia and the arrest of a third in the wake of last week’s elections must be punished, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International Middle...

Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s leading intellectuals, is expected to warn that the far-right may take advantage of growing inequality and will urge people to organise against poverty, as...

Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s leading intellectuals, is expected to warn that the far-right may take advantage of growing inequality and will urge people to organise against poverty, as...

Amnesty International today (30 October) urged the Iranian authorities to overturn the reported four-year prison sentence imposed on a British embassy worker. Hossein Rassam, the chief political...

Amnesty International today strongly criticised a call made by Gregory Campbell MP for the use of the death penalty in the UK and internationally. Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Programme...

Amnesty International said the Sudanese government was responsible for the death and ill-treatment of a prisoner who died from tuberculosis in police custody last week. Ahmed Suleiman Sulman died on...

Kobra Babaei, an Iranian woman, is feared to be at imminent risk of stoning to death. Her husband Rahim Mohammadi was hanged for “sodomy” on 5 October. According to an interview given by the couple’s...

Amnesty International is warning that Zimbabwe is on the brink of sliding back into the post-election violence that marred the country last year, risking undermining the stability brought about by the...

The Sri Lankan authorities must act to ensure the safety of two female editors at a national newspaper who received death threats last week, Amnesty International said today. The organisation also...