Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev to two and a half years for possession of drugs, charges the organisation believes to have...

Amnesty International has written to Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Minister outlining concerns over the proposed new legislation regulating parades and public assembly: The Public...

Amnesty International is urgently calling on the Iranian authorities to halt the imminent execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, who could face death by hanging as soon as tomorrow (Wednesday 7 July) for...

Amnesty International has condemned yesterday’s sentencing to three years in prison of veteran 78-year old Syrian lawyer and human rights activist Haytham al-Maleh. Haytham al-Maleh has been sentenced...

The clashes between inmates and military police at Saydnaya Military Prison near Damascus began on 5 July 2008. Unconfirmed reports say the violence erupted after police officers shot dead nine...

Amnesty International has urged the Israeli authorities to halt forced evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank after a recent spate of military eviction orders were served on Palestinians in the...

Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to disclose immediately the full facts of the case in which two individuals are reported to have been sentenced to death for abusing...

Amnesty International is urging the Chinese government to launch an independent investigation into last year’s riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, after new testimony obtained by the...

LIFT in association with The Old Vic, ArKtype and Amnesty International present: AFTERMATH Part of LIFT 2010: London-wide International Theatre Festival The Old Vic Tunnels, 8th to 17th July at 7.45pm...