Press releases in 2010

Candidates in the Philippines presidential election should outline their plans to combat the political violence which has resulted in the killing of at least five candidates and sixteen campaign...

The Kurdistan Regional Government must take immediate steps to investigate the abduction and murder earlier this week of Sardasht Osman, 23, a university student who worked as a journalist for the...

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court’s u-turn decision to allow Saturday's 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead. The Supreme Administrative Court decided today that the...

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court’s u-turn decision to allow Saturday's 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead. The Supreme Administrative Court decided today that the...

A 60-year old Eritrean asylum seeker will be at risk of arrest, incommunicado detention and torture if the UK removes him to Eritrea as planned, warned Amnesty International today. The forced removal...

The Court of Appeal ruled on 4 May 2010 that the UK government cannot rely on closed material procedures in the civil lawsuit brought by six former Guantánamo Bay detainees over alleged complicity in...

Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 “Baltic Pride” march, set to take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday 8 May. The city’s...

Save Baltic Pride now Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 “Baltic Pride” march, set to take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday 8 May...