July 2006

Amnesty International Scotland today (31 July) raised its concerns for the health and well being of Kenny Richey, the Scot on Death Row in Ohio. Posted: 31 Jul 2006

Amnesty International has written to UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett expressing its grave concern about the continuing transfer of weapons from the US, via the UK, to arm the conflict in Israel and Lebanon. Posted: 28 Jul 2006

Ashraf Kolhari, a mother of four children between the ages of nine and nineteen, is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery. She has received the order for the implementation of her sentence, and is reportedly due to be executed by stoning by the end of July. Posted: 28 Jul 2006

Responding to the UN Human Rights Committee conclusions, Amnesty International said that the United States government must recognise that it is failing to meet a range of fundamental human rights obligations at home and abroad. Posted: 28 Jul 2006

Prestwick should not be used as a staging post for the transfer of bombs. Posted: 26 Jul 2006

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan has today published an Open Letter addressed to foreign ministers meeting in Rome to discuss the crisis in Lebanon and Israel. Posted: 26 Jul 2006

Amnesty International today condemned the Latvian authorities' failure to protect the physical security of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as it celebrated 'Riga Pride 2006' on Saturday (22 July). Posted: 25 Jul 2006

Jordan is a key 'hub' in the USA's secret 'renditions' programme, said Amnesty International today (24 July), as it published a new report revealing the extent of illegal detention and torture in the country. Posted: 24 Jul 2006

Amnesty International today (20 July) urged users of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to use their power as consumers to help end corporate complicity in suppression of the internet in China. Posted: 20 Jul 2006

Amnesty International Wales has urged users of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to use their power as consumers to help end corporate complicity in suppression of the internet in China. Posted: 20 Jul 2006

Amnesty International today (20 July) urged users of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google to use their power as consumers to help end corporate complicity in suppression of the internet in China. Posted: 20 Jul 2006

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prepares to elect a new government for the first time since it achieved independence in 1960, Amnesty International today called on all candidates to commit to a clear programme of human rights reform. Posted: 19 Jul 2006

Amnesty International today called on the UN Security Council to meet urgently in order to adopt measures to protect civilians caught up in the deepening Israel-Lebanon conflict. Posted: 18 Jul 2006

The number of women being murdered in Guatemala has risen for the fourth consecutive year since 2001 as the government fails to effectively investigate and punish those responsible, Amnesty International reveals in a report published today. Posted: 18 Jul 2006

As a critical pledging conference between the European Union and African Union opens today in Brussels, Amnesty International released a paper which called for a strengthening and reinforcement of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) so that its troops can start effectively protecting civilians in Darfur. Posted: 18 Jul 2006

Amnesty International expresses grave concern about continuing violence in a remote forest region of Chattisgarh state in central India. On the night of 17 July, suspected Maoists belonging to the People's War Group (PWG) attacked a camp run by the state government for the supporters of an anti-Maoist campaign in Dantewada region of the state, killing 17 civilians and injuring 70 others. Posted: 17 Jul 2006

At a meeting with Akbar Ganji, Iran's most prominent ex-prisoner of conscience and advocate of freedom of expression, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan renewed the organisation's calls for the release of three detainees in Iran whom it believes are, or are very likely to be, prisoners of conscience, held solely on account of their peaceful opinions or activities. All three are believed to be held in Section 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran, which is under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence. Posted: 13 Jul 2006

The Israeli and Lebanese governments, and Hizbullah, must take immediate steps to end the ongoing attacks against civilians and civilian objects, said Amnesty International today (13 July). Such attacks are a blatant breach of international humanitarian law and amount to war crimes. Posted: 13 Jul 2006

Responding to reports that Tony Blair and Algeria's President Bouteflika may have today reached agreements concerning the return of UK terrorist suspects to Algeria despite the risk of torture, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'It remains unclear precisely what kind of agreement has been struck between the UK and Algeria, but we have heard little talk of human rights today. Posted: 11 Jul 2006

Hundreds of the poorest women and children in Peru die each year because of a failing and discriminatory health care system, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Posted: 10 Jul 2006