Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International is calling on French law-makers to reject a draft law banning the wearing of full face veils in public, which was adopted by the government and put before Parliament today. The...

The government of Zimbabwe must take action to protect hundreds of thousands of people left to survive in substandard settlements five years after a program of mass forced evictions, Amnesty...

Amnesty condemns use of live bullets on protestors Thai soldiers must immediately stop firing live ammunition into several large areas in Bangkok where anti-government protesters are gathered, Amnesty...

Amnesty International has urged the Sudanese authorities to end their crackdown on freedom of expression following the arrest of four employees of an opposition newspaper in a late night raid by...

Amnesty International calls on the Malawian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a couple convicted today on charges of “gross indecency” and “unnatural acts”. Steven Monjeza and...

Amnesty label Shell’s business principles as “meaningless” as video launches to coincide with Shell’s AGM Amnesty International today launched a new hard-hitting online video aimed at exposing Shell’s...

Financial Times’ late call thwarts Amnesty’s campaign Amnesty International UK expressed its immense disappointment today at the Financial Times’ decision to pull a new hard-hitting advertisement at...

Amnesty launches fresh call a year on from end of conflict Amnesty expert available for interview Amnesty International today called on the United Nations to set up an immediate and independent...

Joint Statement by Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19 and International PEN Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, and International PEN call on the Azerbaijani government to comply with the ruling of the...

New evidence suggests pilot “unlawful” Amnesty International has supplied legal evidence to the Justice Secretary, Kenny McAskill, indicating that Strathclyde Police has not acted lawfully in setting...