Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International has voiced its fears that the forthcoming trial of a prominent photographer in Uzbekistan is just the latest attempt by the Uzbek authorities to suppress freedom of expression in...

Amnesty voices concern after Anwar Ibrahim is denied access to evidence Amnesty International urged the Malaysian authorities to drop politically-motivated criminal charges of sodomy against Anwar...

Honduras government faces confidence crisis if abuses are not addressed Amnesty International today issued a series of recommendations to newly elected Honduran President Porfirio Lobo to repair the...

Amnesty International has condemned the execution of two men arrested during protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election last year. Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour were...

Responding to today’s “Joint Study” report by two United Nations Special Rapporteurs and the Working Groups on Arbitrary Detention and on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Amnesty International...

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New report ahead of London conference (27 January) Amnesty International today warned that the government’s heavy-handed response to the threat posed by al-Qa’ida puts Yemen at risk of being locked in...

“ We are gypsies and that is why they don’t listen to us ” - Monika, May 2009 More than 100 Roma people – including families with Children's rights – are living in metal cabins next to a sewage works...

Inaction would give ‘green light’ to further violations, says Amnesty International Amnesty International today urged the new Honduran President to order a full investigation into abuses committed by...