June 2007

Tomorrow (Saturday 30 June) Amnesty International members will join the annual Gay Pride march in London and stage a mock Eurovision song contest - on a huge float and featuring a giant scoreboard, compere and music. Posted: 29 Jun 2007

Iran is the only country in the world that still executes child offenders - people convicted of crimes committed before they were 18 - said Amnesty International in a new report today (27 June). Posted: 27 Jun 2007

Amnesty International has today (26 June) called on Poland and Romania to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations into new information concerning CIA 'extraordinary rendition' flights and secret detention centres on their territories. Posted: 26 Jun 2007

Campaigners around the world are celebrating a significant victory after more than 80 governments participated in the UN consultation process on an Arms Trade Treaty. Posted: 26 Jun 2007

Amnesty International today (26 June) warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk in the Central African Republic (CAR), as violence in neighbouring Sudan and Chad continues unabated. Posted: 26 Jun 2007

Some of the biggest international names in music have come together to raise money and awareness of Amnesty International's work on the human rights crisis in Darfur, Sudan with the release today (25 June) of a new CD of classic John Lennon songs. Posted: 25 Jun 2007

Amnesty International is greatly concerned by the continuing threat to the life of Alan Johnston, the BBC News reporter who has been missing for more than 100 days since his abduction in Gaza City on 12 March. Posted: 25 Jun 2007

Today (25 June 2007), after an unconscionable and inordinate delay - more than four years after receipt of many individual files from the Stevens III investigation into matters of collusion in Northern Ireland - the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for Northern Ireland has announced that no-one is to be charged following the review of the material submitted by the Stevens III investigation. Posted: 25 Jun 2007

Jailed activist Chen Guangcheng has been severely beaten by other prisoners on the orders of prison guards and denied medical treatment, said Amnesty International today (22 June). The organisation believes his life is in danger, and that he is at risk of further torture and ill-treatment. Posted: 22 Jun 2007

Reacting to reports that the US administration has postponed a meeting regarding the future of the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay, including the possibility of its closure, Amnesty International issued today (22 June) a fresh call for camp to close. Posted: 22 Jun 2007

The guilty verdicts by the Special Court for Sierra Leone against three senior members of Sierra Leone's feared Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) - while a positive step - should not be the closing chapter in the struggle to achieve justice for the terrible crimes committed against the people of that country during the 11 years of violent conflict, said Amnesty International. Posted: 21 Jun 2007

Amnesty International has today called on EU leaders to take action to effectively 'ban' rendition flights and secret detentions in a new letter at the start of the EU summit beginning today (21-22 June). Posted: 21 Jun 2007

Amnesty International today (21 June) called for the release of seven students and a beautician who were jailed in Syria after calling for peaceful political reforms online. Posted: 21 Jun 2007

Edinburgh campaigners will leave the comfort of their homes and beds this evening (22 June) and literally take to the streets to highlight the plight of destitute asylum seekers. Posted: 21 Jun 2007

On World Refugee Day 2007, Amnesty International stands in solidarity with refugees around the world from countries such as Afghanistan, Burundi, Iraq, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Sudan who are awaiting a solution to their plight and sometimes have been for generations. Posted: 20 Jun 2007

Amnesty International today (20 June) made an urgent appeal to prevent the public stonings of a man and a woman due to be executed tomorrow, 21 June, for adultery. The two - Mokarrameh Ebrahimi (f) and an unnamed man - are scheduled to be killed in a cemetery in the town of Takestan, Qazvin province. Amnesty members are appealing to Iran's Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Shahroudi. Posted: 20 Jun 2007

Amnesty International has issued a fresh call for BBC reporter Alan Johnston to be released on the 100th day since his captivity began. Posted: 20 Jun 2007

Sudan's agreement to permit the deployment of the African Union - United Nations (AU-UN) hybrid force is a step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done to ensure that civilians are protected from human rights and humanitarian law violations committed by belligerents fighting in Darfur. Posted: 20 Jun 2007

Today (19 June) the Court of Appeal of England and Wales will start hearing an important test case concerning the appeal of three Algerians against their deportation to Algeria on 'national security' grounds. Posted: 19 Jun 2007

A new information guide on refugee issues in Northern Ireland, which aims to deliver the facts - not the myths - about asylum, is launched today (Monday 18 June) in Belfast at the start of Refugee Week. Posted: 18 Jun 2007