Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International welcomes the judgement delivered on 30 July 2010 by the Court of Appeal of Kenya, declaring mandatory death penalty for murder as inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the...

Responding to new research from the Association of Chief Police Officers on the scale of trafficking into forced prostitution in England and Wales, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:...

Amnesty International today announced the addition of comedy legend Emo Philips to the sensational line-up for its Stand Up For Freedom comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Emo will be performing...

Amnesty International has condemned the first Taleban executions by stoning carried out in Afghanistan since 2001. Yesterday a couple were stoned to death for “eloping” in Taleban-controlled village...

Amnesty International has condemned the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two awaiting execution by stoning for adultery...

Amnesty International is calling on the Indian authorities urgently to investigate the armed abduction of two indigenous leaders, who were on their way to campaign against the bauxite mine project...

Amnesty International has condemned the US government’s decision to go ahead with the military commission trial of Omar Khadr at Guantánamo, describing the move as another violation of human rights by...

Amnesty International today (12 August) announced the first two shortlisted entries for its Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, which will be given to an outstanding play carrying a...

Trial was a ‘parody’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of seven members of Iran's Baha’i religious minority to 20 years in jail on a series of politically...

Comedian Rob Rouse and critic Edd McCracken went head to head for the cameras today (11 August) ahead of Sunday’s comedians vs critics football match at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. After some...