Press releases in 2010

Amnesty International has welcomed today’s announcement by the Home Secretary Theresa May of a new cross-government plan to combat violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's...

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In response to the education white paper, published today, Amnesty International’s UK Director Kate Allen, said: “Whilst Amnesty recognises that schools should have the flexibility to ensure the...

Responding to comments from UK Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt, saying that the UK would continue to remove refused Iraqi asylum seekers to Baghdad, Amnesty International UK Refugee Programme...

* Campaign launched for UK resident held without charge for nearly nine years * Photograph available Amnesty International is calling on the Foreign Secretary William Hague and US officials to take...

Amnesty International has today called on the Saudi Arabian authorities to protect domestic workers from abuse, following the reported discovery of the mutilated body of an Indonesian woman found in a...

Amnesty International is calling on the Guinean authorities to stop a series of unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests and torture as part of a post-election crackdown that has resulted in several...

Responding to reports that the Foreign Secretary William Hague has raised with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the question of resolving the case of Shaker Aamer, a former UK resident detained...

The USA must ensure all remaining Guantánamo detainees are brought to trial in federal courts - not in military commissions - or are immediately released, Amnesty International said today following...

Amnesty International today urged the Chinese authorities to release a woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp for retweeting a supposedly anti-Japanese message. Chinese online activist Cheng...