Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on the Austrian authorities to protect a Vienna-based Turkmenistani activist who is said to be the target of a plot against his life by agents...

Amnesty International has today called on the Moroccan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release three Sahrawi activists set to face trial following their visit to refugee camps in...

Amnesty International and iceandfire are to present the top choices from entries to this year’s international human rights playwriting competition. ‘Everyone has the Right’ is iceandfire’s New Writing...

Former high-ranking Guatemalan officials accused of involvement in the extrajudicial executions of prisoners should face prosecution in fair trials, Amnesty International said after the arrest of...

Amnesty International UK publishes its first annual report today (14 October), focusing on the objectives and outcomes of its human rights work, with chapters too on governance, staff and volunteers...

The Nigerian government must set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the use of firearms by security forces that left at least one person dead and 12 seriously injured at Bundu...

Amnesty International and British Irish RIGHTS WATCH today urged UK authorities not to forget victims of torture in Northern Ireland, following the release of a new Guardian film by Ian Cobain. The...

Richard Hughes, drummer with the hugely popular British band Keane, was on hand to help pupils at Harris Academy Crystal Palace launch Amnesty International’s new education pack, entitled A Matter of...

* World Day Against the Death Penalty (Sunday 10 October) sees renewed campaign to spare man on death row in Georgia, USA * Keane drummer Richard Hughes to launch new death penalty education pack *...

Amnesty International has urged the Belgrade authorities to stop forced evictions after Roma families, including 17 Children's rights and one pregnant woman, were evicted from their homes in the city...