June 2008

Amnesty International has launched a new, animated viral film to urge people in the UK to take action online for human rights in China. The new film was released as Amnesty called on the Chinese authorities to release a cyber-dissident who was snatched by plainclothes police at a restaurant earlier this month. Posted: 30 Jun 2008

Amnesty International today (27 June) launched an urgent appeal for Mahmoud al-Najjar Posted: 26 Jun 2008

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has welcomed the release of a pastor who had been detained for five years without charge or trial in Equatorial Guinea. Posted: 24 Jun 2008

On Friday 20 June Amnesty International's Secretary-General Irene Khan wrote an open letter to Posted: 24 Jun 2008

Amnesty issues 'Six-point Plan' to combat 'torture flights' Posted: 24 Jun 2008

Amnesty International has today (24 June) accused European governments, including Ireland and the UK, of complicity and inaction over US-led rendition and secret detention. Posted: 23 Jun 2008

In a hard-hitting new report published today (23 June), Amnesty International has strongly criticised the Tunisian government for failing to curb torture, extended illegal detention and unfair trials. Posted: 23 Jun 2008

In this, the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on World Refugee Day Posted: 20 Jun 2008

Amnesty International has this evening revealed that 12 bodies have been found in various areas of Zimbabwe. Most of the victims appear to have been tortured to death by their abductors. Posted: 19 Jun 2008

Cases rebut Burma's promise to give medical aid to prisoners Posted: 19 Jun 2008

Ahead of US President George Bush's visit to Northern Ireland (16 June), Amnesty International has written to Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness calling on them to raise the issues of Guantánamo Bay, torture and extraordinary rendition when they meet the president. Posted: 18 Jun 2008

Amnesty International and the National Federation of Women's Institutes in Wales hand portrait petition to First Minister at the Senedd. Posted: 18 Jun 2008

Amnest Rhyngwladol a Ffederasiwn Cenedlaethol Sefydliad y Merched Cymru yn cyflwyno deiseb yn y Senedd i'r Prif Weinidog. Posted: 18 Jun 2008

As the Olympic torch relay travels to Lhasa in Tibet, Amnesty International today urged the Chinese government to Posted: 18 Jun 2008

The winners of the 17th Amnesty International UK Media Awards were announced this evening. Posted: 17 Jun 2008

At risk 42-year-old recognised by Alan Johnston at awards ceremony tonight Posted: 17 Jun 2008

The international community is evading its responsibility towards refugees from Iraq by promoting a false picture of the security situation when the country is neither safe nor suitable for return, Posted: 15 Jun 2008

Responding to the Home Affairs Committee Report on violence against women released today , Amnesty International UK Stop Violence Against Women campaign manager Heather Harvey said: Posted: 13 Jun 2008

Amnesty International has welcomed today's ruling from the US Supreme Court that prisoners at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts. Posted: 12 Jun 2008

one minute silence for earthquake victims Posted: 11 Jun 2008