news blogApril 2008
China Olympics: Cartoon character tortured in new Amnesty film marking 100-day countdown
With 100 days to go until the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International today Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Mozambique: Violent police assume 'licence to kill'
Police in Mozambique are killing and torturing people with near total impunity according to an Amnesty International report published today Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Pakistan: Amnesty demands restoration of deposed judge
Human rights situation will remain bleak if coalition fails to act within deadline Posted: 28 Apr 2008
Zimbabwe: Election observers in hiding after police raid office
Amnesty International has just received information that at about 10 am (local time) today (25 April), five police officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Posted: 25 Apr 2008
Somalia-Ethiopia: Release children held in raid on Al Hidya mosque
Amnesty International today (23 April) called on the Ethiopian military to release 41 children held after a raid on the Al Hidya mosque in Mogadishu Posted: 23 Apr 2008
China visit is true test of EU human rights commitment says Amnesty
As European Commission President Barroso and nine other Commissioners head to China, Amnesty International warns that the success of their mission depends on real improvements in the human rights situation in the country Posted: 23 Apr 2008
Zimbabwe: No supply arms until state sponsored violence ceases
Amnesty International said today (23 April) that all shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk that it may lead to increased human rights violations in Zimbabwe. Posted: 23 Apr 2008
Zimbabwe: No supply of arms until state sponsored violence ceases
Amnesty International said today (23 April) that all shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from China Posted: 23 Apr 2008
'The film the CIA doesn't want you to see': Amnesty launches new 'waterboarding' film
Amnesty International has today (22 April) launched a hard-hitting new film about 'waterboarding', the practice of torturing prisoners by partially drowning them. Posted: 22 Apr 2008
Central Africa: Governments and UN must join forces to secure release of kidnapped women and children
Amnesty International today (Tues) called on the UN and governments in Central Africa to take immediate action to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children Posted: 22 Apr 2008
Kenya: New government must ensure justice for victims of post-election violence
New commission must hold perpetrators of post-election violence to account Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Pakistan: New government sends a positive signal to the world by ratifying UN human rights convention
Fresh call on government to address human rights concerns across Pakistan Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Iraq: 28 people executed after apparently hasty, unfair trials
Amnesty International has called for an immediate moratorium on executions in Iraq after 28 people were executed this week after what appear to have been hasty and unfair trials. Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Brazil: Women-The 'hidden victims' of the favelas
In a report published today (17 April), Amnesty International reveals the untold stories of women who are surviving in Brazil's lawless favelas or shanty towns. Posted: 17 Apr 2008
Campaigners launch Global Day of Action to ban Cluster Bombs in support of first ever treaty
Campaigners from more than 40 countries around the world, including Amnesty International, are hosting a Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs on Saturday 19 April 2008. Posted: 17 Apr 2008
Amnesty at the Movies
Amnesty International will be presenting two films in association with the Belfast Film Festival: The Jammed and In Prison My Whole Life. Each film will be followed by a panel discussion Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Sudan: More attacks in North Darfur
Amnesty International has called on the UN Security Council to strongly censure the Sudanese government following a series of orchestrated attacks on civilians in Darfur by Janjawid militia. Posted: 15 Apr 2008
Death Penalty: World trend down but secrecy surrounds China execution figures- new report
·China may secretly execute 374 during Olympics alone ·Man executed for 'sorcery' in Saudi Arabia (case studies available) ·Kenny Richey speaks out on need for global abolition Posted: 14 Apr 2008
Pakistan: Amnesty to hold vigil against the death penalty
Imminent execution of Indian national puts barbaric punishment into focus Posted: 11 Apr 2008
China Olympics: Brown silence on China human rights must end, says Amnesty
Gordon Brown must stop ducking the issue of China's human rights record Posted: 10 Apr 2008
