Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International is appalled at the latest reports of the mass rape and other sexual violence committed in the Walikale region of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 30 July...

Five Amnesty International activists were temporarily detained by police before a U2 concert in the Russian capital Moscow yesterday. The detained Amnesty International activists had been holding...

Amnesty International today (26 August) announced that Cora Bissett’s Roadkill , from Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions for The Traverse Theatre, is the winner of the 2010 Amnesty International...

Amnesty International has expressed deep concern that a USA federal district court decision puts Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis back on track for execution, despite doubts about his guilt...

Amnesty questions new figures Amnesty International has challenged the credibility of data cited by a senior UN official investigating oil-impacted sites in Ogoniland in the Niger Delta. A United...

Amnesty International today described the Indian government’s decision to reject the bauxite mine project in Orissa’s Niyamgiri Hills as a landmark victory for the human rights of Indigenous...

Four men executed and denied opportunity to appeal Amnesty International has condemned the execution of four men in Equatorial Guinea, all convicted of attempting to assassinate the country’s...

Amnesty International today (23 August) announced the final shortlist for its Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. The award, given to an outstanding play carrying a human rights...

Fears that changes are ‘just legal housekeeping’ Amnesty International warned today that proposed reforms of China’s application of the death penalty may not result in significantly fewer executions...

Burundian authorities must investigate allegations that state security officials tortured 12 opposition politicians during the country’s recent elections, Amnesty International said today in a new...