January 2009

Amnesty issues call after teachers disappear Posted: 30 Jan 2009

As the first anniversary of the last fighting between government and armed opposition forces in N'Djaména approaches Posted: 30 Jan 2009

New report reveals appalling prison conditions Posted: 29 Jan 2009

Reports emerging from Sri Lanka suggest that government forces and the so-called Tamil Tigers (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE) are Posted: 29 Jan 2009

The arrest of General Laurent Nkunda - the former leader of an armed militia group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - should be Posted: 29 Jan 2009

As Chinese premier Wen Jiabao comes to the UK this weekend (31 Jan to 2 Feb), Amnesty International UK is highlighting China's growing crackdown on dissent and freedom of expression Posted: 28 Jan 2009

Amnesty International today welcomed the publication of the report by the Consultative Group on the Past in Northern Ireland (CGPNI) Posted: 28 Jan 2009

The Sri Lankan authorities must ensure that the country's media are allowed to work without restriction and in safety, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 28 Jan 2009

Military and police demolish homes of 150 families in three hours Posted: 27 Jan 2009

Amnesty International has called upon authorities in Chad to track down the whereabouts of Issa Palkoubou, an English teacher who has not been seen since 3 September 2008. Posted: 23 Jan 2009

Doctors plead for information to treat wounded patients, some with 'smoking wounds' Posted: 23 Jan 2009

Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately stop the destruction of hundreds of individual and mass, unmarked graves in Khavaran, south Tehran. Between 9-16 January 2009, the numerous ad hoc grave markings made by the families of some of those executed in previous years were reportedly destroyed by bulldozer. The site was at least partially covered by soil and trees were planted. Posted: 23 Jan 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan today called President Barack Obama's executive order to close the Guantánamo detention facility 'a major step forward' and a 'welcome sign that the new administration is willing to right the wrongs of the past.' Posted: 23 Jan 2009

Amnesty International has condemned efforts by the military justice system to take charge of the criminal investigation against retired army Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega, currently on trial in the civilian courts for his alleged part in the enforced disappearance of 11 people in 1985. Posted: 23 Jan 2009

'Should not be the end of the story' - Irene Khan Posted: 23 Jan 2009

New letter urges EU countries to offer 'humanitarian protection' to detainees who risk torture or persecution at home Posted: 22 Jan 2009

Amnesty International today (22 January) reacted to the Emirate's Appeal Court upholding a British woman's conviction for adultery. Posted: 22 Jan 2009

Amnesty International has appealed to governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and Rwanda Posted: 22 Jan 2009

Amnesty International today (20 January) issued an urgent appeal on behalf of two people facing execution by stoning. Gilan Mohammadi and Gholamali Eskandari were sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in 2005 or 2006. Their sentences are believed to have been confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2008. Posted: 21 Jan 2009

Amnesty International welcomed the new US administration's moves to suspend military commission proceedings at Guantánamo as a 'positive sign' and said that it hoped it was a 'clear signal of this administration's intention to move away from unlawful practices of the past.' Posted: 21 Jan 2009