Press releases in 2009

Israeli settlers enjoy lush lawns and swimming pools while Palestinians reduced to a trickle of water In a new report published today (27 October) Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying...

Amnesty International today (26 October) welcomed the beginning of the Hague trial of Radovan Karadžic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, as an important step towards justice for the tens of thousands...

The organisation calls for freeze on transfers to Guinea of weapons used for human rights violations as UN meets to debate crucial new Arms Treaty and EU meet to discuss arms embargo Amnesty...

Amnesty International today called on the Turkish authorities to allow Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin to return without fear of harassment and discrimination, as refugees begin to leave the Mahmur...

A Manchester student, Dilimulati Paerhati, has started a campaign for the release of his brother, who is believed to be held incommunicado by the authorities in northwest China and is at serious risk...

Migrant workers from Philippines, China, Thailand and Viet Nam beaten, made to do dangerous work and trafficked for sexual exploitation Many of the estimated 220,000 migrant workers in South Korea are...

Amnesty International today (20 October) issued an urgent appeal on behalf of a British man who could be executed in China within days. Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London who...

Amnesty International today (20 October) issued an urgent appeal on behalf of a British man who could be executed in China within days. Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London who...

Intimidation of journalists reporting election must not be repeated The Afghan government and its international supporters must immediately set out a clear and effective plan to ensure a credible...

A law in Uruguay that has allowed the police and military to get away with torture and murder should be annulled, Amnesty International said today, as the country prepares to vote in a referendum on...