Press releases in 2009

Amnesty International deplores the statements made by President Yahya Jammeh on Monday 21 September on national television, in which he reportedly stated that he would kill anyone who wants to...

Hundreds under surveillance or house arrest, says Amnesty The Chinese authorities have increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists ahead of the country’s 60th anniversary on 1...

Amnesty International has called on Northern Ireland to accept detainees released from Guantanámo Bay. The call comes as two detainees, released from the prison camp by US authorities, arrived in the...

Reacting to news reports today that another Control Order has been revoked, this time against a man known as ‘AE’, Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: “It is entirely right...

Amnesty condemns police beatings and mass arrests Amnesty International has denounced the sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests of demonstrators and intimidation of human rights defenders in...

Report is ‘last best chance for justice’ - Tim Hancock In a new letter to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Amnesty International has urged him to ensure that the UK fully supports the...

Richard Hughes says case of death row inmate Troy Davis is ‘terrifying illustration’ of why death penalty is wrong A musician from best-selling rock band Keane is to accompany Amnesty International on...

On the eve of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s expected announcement of new finance packages devoted to improving healthcare in the developing world at the United Nations in New York, Amnesty In

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately. The local Islamic Criminal Code was passed by the Aceh...

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately, Amnesty International said today. The local Islamic Criminal...