Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International UK – Broederlijk Delen – CAFOD – CCFD-Terre Solidaire – Christian Aid – Church of Sweden – Cordaid – Diakonia – Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network – Handicap International –...

Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to halt immediately the imminent execution of Shahla Jahed, the temporary wife of a prominent Iranian footballer. Amnesty International...

Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to fully investigate the deaths, violence and other human rights abuses that marred Sunday’s parliamentary elections. At least eight people...

Reacting to news today that the UK is to introduce export controls on Sodium Thiopental, a drug used in executions by lethal injection in the US, Amnesty International’s Programme Director on Arms...

Amnesty International is urging the Swiss authorities at all levels not to enforce the deportation of foreigners convicted of certain criminal offences if this will result in human rights violations...

Send a card and make an impact this season with Amnesty With days before the final posting date for Christmas deliveries, Amnesty International is urging card-writers across the UK to add an extra...

Stacey Baxter from the Isle of Sheppey Academy was today named as the winner of the inaugural Amnesty International/AQA Award. Stacey, who lives in Granville Road in Sheerness, sat AQA’s A level...

Amnesty International today called on all states – including the UK - to commit themselves to end enforced disappearances, following news that a landmark treaty aimed at preventing the practice will...

The Guatemalan authorities’ failure to file the correct paperwork has allowed a former interior minister wanted for the extrajudicial execution of prisoners in his homeland to walk free from Spanish...

Amnesty International today called on the Egyptian authorities to ensure that all candidates and voters are not harassed or intimidated by security forces, supporters of the ruling party and others...