Press releases in 2010

According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, the 11 men hanged at Zahedan Prison were connected with the People’s Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI), or Jondallah, which claimed responsibility for the 15...

Amnesty International has condemned the violent dispersal of a mainly peaceful demonstration in the aftermath of Sunday’s presidential election in Belarus which was marred by irregularities. In what...

Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that it will hold an inquiry into historical institutional child abuse in the region. Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty...

Amnesty International has called on the UK Government to lead a political process to secure agreement on a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights. The call comes as the government published the responses...

The Kyrgyzstani authorities are failing to provide justice for the thousands of victims of human rights abuses during four days of violent ethnic clashes which tore through southern Kyrgyzstan in June...

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty International that at least nine unarmed protesters were killed today [16 December] in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during mass protests over a political deadlock following...

Amnesty International today welcomed the new report on Migration and Trafficking produced by the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee. The human rights group welcomed the comprehensive...

‘MPs should stand up for the victims of war crimes and torture’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International is calling for proposed measures to restrict the issuing of arrest warrants for suspected war...

On Tuesday 14 December, an award-winning political comedy show will be performed inside the Houses of Parliament for the first time. ‘Bussmann’s Holiday: The Worst Date Ever’ exposes the failure of...

Amnesty international has said that revelations contained in US diplomatic cables leaked by the WikiLeaks website, strengthen the case for an independent public inquiry into the killing of Belfast...