Press releases in 2009

A “chain gang” of shackled doctors will parade today (Thursday) in Belfast to call for charges to be dropped against one particular doctor who dared to speak out on behalf of his patients...

Call on UK to show leadership to ensure an effective treaty London/New York : The US government’s plans to give every State a veto over a crucial Arms treaty must be rejected by the British government...

‘Detention camps’ lack basic facilities and may be a ‘collective punishment’ A quarter of a million Sri Lankans now being held in de facto detention camps are facing a humanitarian disaster as monsoon...

As the England football team prepares to face Belarus in Wednesday’s World Cup Qualifier, Amnesty International has launched an urgent appeal for Vasily Yusepchuk, a man facing execution as soon as...

Responding to reports that the Metropolitan Police’s Human Trafficking Team may be disbanded, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “We’re extremely concerned that if the Met’s highly...

New letter to President Medvedev urges action, as attacks continue Human rights activists in Russia and the North Caucasus are facing increasing violence and intimidation three years after the...

The execution of Afghan national Abbas Hosseini in Iran today (5 October) - for a murder he is accused of committing when he was only 17 - must be stopped, Amnesty International warned today. Amnesty...

Amnesty International today (5 October) welcomed a move by the Iranian authorities to postpone the execution of an Afghan national accused of committing a murder while still a child. Abbas Hosseini...