Press releases in 2010

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...

Amnesty International is urging NATO leaders to protect human rights and ensure security for the people of Afghanistan as they prepare for the 2010 NATO Lisbon Summit on 18-19 November. The...

Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of three Iranian Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights lawyers, and another two colleagues, detained on Saturday 13...

Amnesty International is asking students across Scotland to add extra cards to their Christmas list this year to support three Burmese activists and others across the globe who have faced human rights...

Verdict is ‘major step backwards for freedom of expression in Singapore’ Singapore dealt a sharp blow to freedom of expression by sentencing 76-year-old British author Alan Shadrake to jail for...

Amnesty International has criticised the latest TV broadcast of a “confession” by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who is awaiting execution by stoning for adultery in Iran. Self-incriminating statements...

Reacting to news reports that the UK government has agreed to pay compensation to a number of UK citizens and residents who were detained at Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International’s Director of Europe...

Second Alexandria death raises fresh concerns The Egyptian authorities must independently investigate, without delay, allegations that a young man was tortured to death at a police station in...