September 2010

Amnesty International has urged thousands of activists to appeal to the Zimbabwean authorities to stop the pending evictions of up to 20,000 people from an informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare. The people face eviction for failure to pay prohibitively high lease renewal fees charged by the authorities. Posted: 30 Sep 2010

Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of an online news editor in Thailand detained for a comment on her site that was neither written or posted by herself. Posted: 29 Sep 2010

Amnesty International response to the conferring of an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) on Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Posted: 29 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern that the Taser XREP projectile and X12 shot gun were used without having gone through the official weapons testing and approval process. Posted: 29 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has today expressed concern over the sentencing of an Iranian-Canadian blogger to more than 19 years in prison for his online comments. Posted: 29 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has highlighted an apparent split between Westminster and Holyrood Ministers over whether police forces require political authorisation before deploying new firearms to officers. Posted: 28 Sep 2010

As the new academic year begins, many students are languishing in jail in Iran, while dozens more have been banned from study all because they took part in peaceful demonstrations against the Government last year. Posted: 28 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has welcomed comments on human rights from the new Labour leader Ed Miliband in todays conference speech. Posted: 28 Sep 2010

European Union (EU) countries should end the forcible return of Roma and other minorities to Kosovo, Amnesty International said in a report published today (28 September). Posted: 28 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide on whether it can investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 2008-9 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel. Posted: 27 Sep 2010

The Serbian authorities must ensure that the 2010 Belgrade Pride the first in nearly 10 years goes ahead unobstructed on 10 October in central Belgrade. ctivists from Serbian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups will march together with their families, friends and supporters from other organisations, including Amnesty International. Posted: 27 Sep 2010

Amnesty International is demanding the release of a 19-year-old blogger and student detained in Syria without charge or access to the outside world since the end of last year. Posted: 26 Sep 2010

On the third anniversary of the violent crackdown on the Saffron Revolution, Amnesty International today renewed its call on the Burmese government to immediately and unconditionally free all political prisoners arrested for their peaceful activism. Posted: 24 Sep 2010

As the Human Rights Council prepares to consider - on 27 September - a report by a UN Committee of Independent Experts into domestic investigations into the 2008-9 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel, Amnesty International is calling on the UN body to seek an international justice solution for the victims Posted: 24 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has warned that the plan of action on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by governments this week at a UN Summit in New York fails to uphold the rights of the worlds poorest people. Posted: 22 Sep 2010

Ahead of tomorrows scheduled execution of a woman with borderline mental retardation in Virginia, USA, Amnesty International is calling on the state governor Robert McDonnell to reverse an earlier decision denying Ms Lewis clemency. Posted: 22 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has today urged the Yemeni authorities to take urgent measures to protect thousands of people displaced during a military operation against suspected al-Qaida militants in the town of al-Hutah. Posted: 22 Sep 2010

Amnesty International has called on the Zimbabwean authorities to release 83 activists arrested during a peaceful demonstration in the capital Harare on Monday (20 Sept). Posted: 21 Sep 2010

Response to recent comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other Iranian politicians comparing the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman on death row in Iran, and Teresa Lewis, a woman due to be executed in the US state of Virginia on Thursday Posted: 21 Sep 2010

An ad hoc legal adviser and his family are facing the very real prospect of starving to death in their own home. Chen Guangcheng and his family are currently under house arrest and are being stopped from replenishing their rapidly dwindling food supplies by the local authorities. Posted: 20 Sep 2010