Press releases in 2010

As Belarus prepares for elections on Sunday 19 December, Amnesty international UK issued the following briefing, outlining key human rights concerns in the country. Amnesty international UK Director...

Amnesty International will today (Friday 10th December 2010, International Human Rights Day) launch its campaign to highlight the benefits of human rights protections to people across Scotland, ahead...

Ahead of a planned rally and march on Saturday 11 December through the London borough of Wandsworth organised by the Save Shaker Aamer Campaign on behalf of Shaker Aamer, the Saudi-born Wandsworth...

Amnesty International today condemned reports that Iran’s state-controlled Press TV will tonight broadcast a new “confession” by an Iranian woman who faces possible execution by stoning or hanging...

Impunity for war crimes is a “stumbling block” for Croatia’s EU-membership ambitions, says Amnesty Croatia’s justice system is failing to provide many of the victims of the 1991-1995 war with justice...

Chinese diplomats in Norway have been systematically pressurising Chinese residents into joining anti-Nobel demonstrations, which are planned to take place in Oslo on Friday, Amnesty International has...

The government’s very public tantrum has generated even more critical attention inside and outside China – and, ironically, emphasized the significance of Liu Xiaobo’s message Amnesty International is...

‘Release or charge him by Christmas’ plea The wife of a British man held without charge in Iraq for a year is calling on the UK government to step up its efforts to secure the release of her husband...

The Nobel Committee has confirmed that 19 countries have declined invitations to attend the Peace Price ceremony in Norway on 10 December, a rise on the usual number of declines. This year, the Nobel...

Amnesty International today condemned a religious ruling signed by dozens of Israel’s municipal chief rabbis that bans the renting or sale of homes to non-Jews. While the ruling is not official...