Press releases in 2010

The Chinese government should remove restrictions on the Internet following Google’s decision to stop censoring Internet search results in China and direct all traffic from its servers there to Hong...

Amnesty makes call on 30th anniversary of murder of Catholic priest Amnesty International today urged authorities in El Salvador to repeal an amnesty law that protects those responsible for thousands...

‘If JK Rowling lived in Saudi Arabia she could be arrested for practising "sorcery" with her Harry Potter books’ - James Savage Amnesty International has issued an “urgent appeal” calling for the...

Amnesty International has called on the Malawian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, after a judge today ruled that they will face trial in...

Students from Freman College break Mark Thomas’ record Sixth formers from Freman College in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, today (22 March) at 4.22pm set a new world record for the number of protests in...

Amnesty International has welcomed the move by the Minister for Health Michael McGimpsey in the provision to the Northern Ireland Executive of an options paper on dealing with historical child abuse...

Responding to new poll findings from the National Union of Students showing, among other things, that only a small minority of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights students who...

Amnesty International has urged Cuban President Raúl Castro to ensure the safety of a group of female relatives of prisoners of conscience ahead of a scheduled demonstration today (18 March). The call...

Amnesty makes call on eve of anniversary of round-up of dissidents Amnesty International today called on the Cuban authorities to revoke laws that restrict freedom of expression, assembly and...

A new report released today by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation reveals that European companies are participating in the global trade in ‘tools of torture’ such as fixed wall...