Press releases in 2009

Reacting to news that British man Akmal Shaikh was executed in China earlier this morning, Amnesty International Asia Programme Director Sam Zarifi said: "Akmal Shaikh's execution highlights the...

Amnesty International today condemned the kidnapping and killing of Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal, Governor of the Colombian department of Caquetá in the south of the country. Luis Francisco Cuéllar...

For the first time a European government has admitted that a secret “black site” existed on its territory, Amnesty International said today, after a Lithuanian parliamentary committee concluded that...

New report accuses international community of ‘betrayal’ Only 41 truckloads of construction materials allowed to enter since January Homes, schools, hospitals and water networks cannot be rebuilt The...

Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London facing execution in China, has had his execution date confirmed for 29 December, according to reports. Akmal, who is believed to be...

Amnesty International today (22 December) called on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to urgently appeal to Chinese Premier Hu Jintao to stop a British man being executed in less than seven days from now...

Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty as its next Secretary General. Shetty, an Indian national, has been the Director of the United Nations’ Millennium Campaign for the past six years and...

An attempt to defraud victims of the Trafigura toxic waste dump disaster out of £31 million must be stopped, Amnesty International said today in an open letter. An organisation known as the National...

Amnesty International has thrown its weight behind a new online campaign for a strong Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Laura Plummer, an Amnesty International member from Downpatrick, today helped...

Amnesty International is calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to halt the flogging and imprisonment of a 75-year-old woman and two younger men for moral “crimes”. The Saudi Minister of Interior is...