October 2008

Control Arms campaign demands urgent move to end the carnage US and Zimbabwe only countries to vote against Posted: 31 Oct 2008

Amnesty International has described a move by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to ask the Attorney General to investigate possible "criminal wrongdoing" by UK and US Posted: 31 Oct 2008

Amnesty International today (31 Oct) released a report and new video footage that graphically demonstrates the ongoing suffering of the Zimbabwean people, as the three main political parties in Zimbabwe struggle to form an inclusive government. Posted: 31 Oct 2008

Reported plans by the governor of the southern Turkish province of Adana to cut health care from demonstrators and their families were condemned today by Amnesty International as 'collective punishment' in violation of international standards. Posted: 30 Oct 2008

Tens of thousands of female migrant domestic workers in Jordan live in appalling conditions with many forced to work up to 19 hours per day and denied their salary, said Amnesty International today (30 October), as it published a new report on the issue. Posted: 30 Oct 2008

A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent unless UN peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo) have further reinforcements to effectively protect civilians. Posted: 30 Oct 2008

Colombia has taken one small step in a long walk to find justice for the thousands of Colombians victims of human rights violations, said Amnesty International as the Colombian government sacked 25 members of the military accused of killing civilians. Posted: 30 Oct 2008

400,000 displaced, over 100 civilians killed and 140 people taken hostage Posted: 29 Oct 2008

The Colombian government is painting a positive picture of the human rights situation in Colombia, despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks against social and human rights activists and killings by security forces, said Amnesty International in a report today. Posted: 28 Oct 2008

The awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is a significant acknowledgement of the work of Hu Jia, said Amnesty International as the prize was announced today by the European Parliament. Posted: 24 Oct 2008

Amnesty to hold demonstration on the day that Aung San Suu Kyi completes her 13th year in detention and EU and Asian leaders meet in Beijing Posted: 24 Oct 2008

Campaigners' last-ditch effort to save man set to die despite strong innocence claims Posted: 24 Oct 2008

Dreadful conditions: Prisoners on death row are held in cells where they can witness executions. After a prisoner has been hanged, other death row prisoners are forced to clean the gallows Posted: 21 Oct 2008

Death penalty film to be centerpiece of event with Livia and Colin Firth, Sam Roddick, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Ben Chaplin, Ben Barnes, Beverley Knight and others Posted: 21 Oct 2008

Afghan journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh should be freed immediately as there have never been any legal grounds for his conviction or sentence, Amnesty International said today, in response to news that a death sentence against him has been quashed by an Afghan appeals court Posted: 21 Oct 2008

World's Parliamentarians urge UN to back Arms Trade Treaty Posted: 20 Oct 2008

Three finalists have been chosen from more than 125 plays submitted for the second annual Protect The Human Playwriting Award produced by iceandfire and Amnesty International. Posted: 20 Oct 2008

Amnesty International activists take part in global events on 17 October Posted: 17 Oct 2008

Rights champion calls for NI Bill of Rights and offers warning on truth process Posted: 17 Oct 2008

A senior judicial official in Iran has said that the judicial execution of juvenile offenders convicted of murder will continue in the country. Hossein Zabhi, the Assistant Attorney General for Judicial Affairs, made the statement on Saturday, clarifying a misleading statement given on Thursday that was welcomed both in Iran and internationally. Posted: 17 Oct 2008