Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International has condemned a three-year prison sentence imposed yesterday on a Syrian lawyer and human rights defender who had publicised the unfair trials of political prisoners. The...

UK’s ‘memorandum of understanding’ deal with Libya criticised Human rights are suffering in Libya as it continues to stall on reform despite the country’s efforts to play a greater international role...

Mae Amnest Rhyngwladol wedi croesawu cynlluniau Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru i gynnal dadl y prynhawn ‘ma (23 Mehefin). Bydd y ddadl yn canolbwyntio ar effaith y blocad ar Gaza i gael ymchwiliad...

Online fundraising appeal surpasses expectations Amnesty International UK’s first attempt at online fundraising to pay for advertising space has proved to be a phenomenal success. Amnesty used...

Amnesty International is concerned about human rights abuses that have reportedly been perpetrated against environmental activists during demonstrations in Kharkiv. The organisation considers that two...

On 17 June 2010 human rights defender Halil Savda and three other activists were convicted under Article 318 of the Turkish Penal Code which criminalises ‘alienating the public from military service’...

Amnesty International is calling on the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo to open a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation into the allegations of excessive use of force and ill-treatment by the...

Richard Hughes, the drummer from best-selling rock band Keane, has spoken today of how he’s hoping that a man on death row in the USA will be released after a key legal hearing due to start later this...

Prosecutions may be necessary to ensure justice Government action needed on Eames-Bradley recommendations On Sunday 30 January 1972, known as Bloody Sunday, 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead and...

Amnesty International has accused the Israeli authorities of subjecting jailed nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by holding him in solitary confinement...