September 2009

Successive governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to provide justice for thousands of women and girls who were raped during the 1992-1995 war, a new Amnesty International report reveals today (30 September). Posted: 30 Sep 2009

Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite the presence of UN security forces, a new Amnesty International report reveals. Posted: 30 Sep 2009

Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate mounting reports of deliberate killings, rape and other human rights abuses by security forces in Conakry, Guinea this week. Posted: 30 Sep 2009

Richard Hughes, the drummer from best-selling rock band Keane has spoken today of how he was inspired by the strength of man he has visited on death row in Georgia, USA. Posted: 29 Sep 2009

Amnesty International today condemned the decision by a Shariah Court in Malaysia to uphold the decision to sentence a 32-year-old woman to six strokes of the cane for drinking alcohol in a hotel. Posted: 29 Sep 2009

Amnesty International deplores the statements made by President Yahya Jammeh on Monday 21 September on national television, in which he reportedly stated that he would kill anyone who wants to destabilise the country. Posted: 28 Sep 2009

The Chinese authorities have increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists ahead of the country's 60th anniversary on 1 October to prevent them from raising human rights concerns that challenge the authorities' image of social harmony, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 28 Sep 2009

Amnesty International has denounced the sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests of demonstrators and intimidation of human rights defenders in Honduras since the June coup d'état Posted: 24 Sep 2009

Reacting to news reports today that another Control Order has been revoked, this time against a man known as 'AE', Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: Posted: 24 Sep 2009

In a new letter to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Amnesty International has urged him to ensure that the UK fully supports the recommendations of the Goldstone report into human rights abuses committed during the Gaza conflict at the beginning of the year. Posted: 24 Sep 2009

A musician from best-selling rock band Keane is to accompany Amnesty International on a visit to a prisoner on death row in Georgia, USA to help highlight what is widely believed to be a miscarriage of justice. Posted: 23 Sep 2009

On the eve of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's expected announcement of new finance packages devoted to improving healthcare in the developing world at the United Nations in New York, Amnesty International today launched a new campaign to reduce maternal deaths in Sierra Leone. Posted: 22 Sep 2009

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately. The local Islamic Criminal Code forbids acts including alcohol consumption, gambling, intimacy between unmarried couples, adultery and fornication, and homosexuality. Posted: 21 Sep 2009

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 21 Sep 2009

Saudi Arabia must not close its borders to civilians fleeing the conflict raging in Yemen's Sa'da region, Amnesty International has said in a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior. Posted: 18 Sep 2009

Amnesty International welcomes the release of Mexican prisoner of conscience Jacinta Francisco Marcial, who was held in prison for three years after being falsely accused of kidnapping six federal agents. Posted: 17 Sep 2009

Amnesty International has warned that proposed changes to the Constitution of the Dominican Republic will put women and girls at risk and potentially increase maternal deaths in the country. The country's Parliament is scheduled to vote on a constitutional reform package on Thursday. Posted: 15 Sep 2009

All relevant UN bodies must act promptly and in coordination to implement the recommendations of the UN-mandated Goldstone report on violations of international law committed in Gaza and southern Israel in late December and January, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 15 Sep 2009

Spain has one of the strictest detention regimes in Europe and is in breach of international human rights law, said Amnesty International today (15 September) in a new report Posted: 15 Sep 2009

Human rights defenders are under attack in Serbia and the authorities are failing to protect them, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (14 September). Ahead of Belgrade Gay Pride later this week (20 September) the report also looks at threats and attacks against those who defend the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Posted: 14 Sep 2009