Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International has urged Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, to intervene to help halt the possible execution of a Lebanese national in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received...

Amnesty International has urged the Zimbabwean Government to stop repressing public debate on past and ongoing human rights violations, after a well-known artist was detained for his work which...

Amnesty International has said that current proposals from the UK Government for a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights fall far short of international standards. The human rights organisation is urging...

Amnesty International has urged the Hamas de facto administration in Gaza not to carry out several death sentences, after high-ranking officials recently signalled their intention to execute those...

In response to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Arms Export Controls’ report published today, Amnesty International called for the UK Government to act swiftly to close loopholes which allow for...

In response to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Arms Export Controls’ report published today [30 March], Amnesty International called for the UK Government to act swiftly to close loopholes which...

Amnesty International today welcomes Bangladesh’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which took place on Tuesday 23 March. This important ratification sets a high...

Amnesty calls for urgent action to stop forced labour The Malaysian authorities should take action to end widespread workplace and police abuses of the migrant workers who make up more than 20 per...

(Port-au-Prince) Thousands of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights living in temporary camps around Haiti are threatened by sexual violence and have inadequate protection from...

Amnesty International today (23 March) released a new briefing outlining its call for a full, independent and impartial inquiry into UK involvement in human rights abuses overseas post-11 September...