Press releases in 2009

Igor Koktysh, a rock musician, social activist and supporter of the political opposition in Belarus, is being held in Ukraine and is facing extradition to Belarus, where he could be executed on...

Victims tell Amnesty they want justice and they want their money Victims of the 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal in Ivory Coast have told Amnesty that they are eagerly waiting for the Ivorian courts...

Amnesty International today (12 November) expressed serious concern at reports that the head of Iran's Police Criminal Investigation department has called for greater reliance on the amputation of the...

The Bangladesh government must ensure justice for the victims of the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny by ensuring that all suspects receive a fair trial, Amnesty International said in a...

Amnesty International today (11 Nov) cautiously welcomed the Home Office‘s three-month pilot scheme to grant Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights facing violence and who have...

Amnesty International has today (11 November) appealed to its supporters to write to the Indonesian authorities on behalf of an estimated 900 students who are facing imminent forced eviction from the...

The Chinese authorities must ensure all individuals charged with offences during July riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) receive a fair trial and do not face the death penalty...

Families who have lost loved ones at the hands of the state could be kept in the dark as to what really happened, under proposals that the UK government is expected to push for today (9 November). As...

Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal to the Saudi Arabian authorities calling for the intended execution and crucifixion of a 22-year-old man to be halted. Saudi Arabia's Court of...

United Kingdom abstains in crucial vote Yesterday’s UN vote adopting key recommendations of the Goldstone report on the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year is vitally important for...