April 2009

Speaking today at an event for Community Relations Week, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty International warned that recession should not become an excuse for ignoring the rights of refugees. Posted: 30 Apr 2009

The Pakistan government must provide assistance to at least 65,000 civilians who have fled fighting between Pakistani Taleban and government forces in Lower Dir district of the North West Frontier Province [NWFP], said Amnesty International. Posted: 30 Apr 2009

Amnesty International has today (29 April) described US President Barack Obama's first 100 days on counter-terrorism policies as 'promises for change with only limited action'. Posted: 29 Apr 2009

* Only one detainee released from Guantánamo * Torture memo publication welcome, but accountability for torture still needed * Call on Northern Ireland Executive to help President by offering refuge for freed Guantanamo detainees Posted: 29 Apr 2009

The authorities of Moldova appear to be punishing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for carrying out their duties as human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 29 Apr 2009

Amnesty International welcomed reports today that Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed in Dubai for adultery, has been released. Amnesty has supported Marnie Pearce's case from the outset and repeatedly called for her unconditional release. Posted: 27 Apr 2009

Posted: 27 Apr 2009

Ten years after NATO forces bombed the Serbian state television and radio building in Belgrade (Radio Televisija Srbije - RTS), no one has been brought to justice for this serious violation of international humanitarian law during the air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). Posted: 23 Apr 2009

Nearly 650,000 Pakistanis living in Buner district, some 120 kilometres from Islamabad, are now at the mercy of abusive and repressive Pakistani Taleban groups that have taken over the area since 21 April, Amnesty International said from Pakistan today. Buner's takeover follows the Taleban's assumption of power in the neighbouring Swat valley. Posted: 23 Apr 2009

The hand-in of a petition at the United Arab Emirates embassy today (23 April) for Marnie Pearce, a British woman currently jailed on 'adultery' charges in Dubai, was suspended after developments on the case in Dubai. Posted: 23 Apr 2009

People arriving at Turkey's borders in search of asylum are putting their lives at risk every day because the Turkish authorities fail to provide them with international protection, Amnesty International said in a report published today Posted: 22 Apr 2009

Supporters of British woman Marnie Pearce, a British woman currently jailed on 'adultery' charges in Dubai, will hand in a petition at the United Arab Emirates embassy at 1.30pm on Thursday 23 April. Among those handing in the petition will be Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock. Posted: 22 Apr 2009

US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is a pawn in the ongoing political developments between Iran and the USA and should be considered a prisoner of conscience, Amnesty International said today as it called for Saberi's immediate and unconditional release. Posted: 21 Apr 2009

Amnesty International is calling on the Shangdong authorities to stop the continuing harassment of Yuan Weijing, the wife of imprisoned legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who has been under virtual house arrest since 2005. Posted: 21 Apr 2009

An education pack developed by Amnesty International in partnership with the Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU) and the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) is to be showcased by the United Nations tomorrow as an example of how best to bridge the divide between the two communities. Posted: 21 Apr 2009

An Amnesty International fact-finding mission to Fiji has uncovered a rapidly deteriorating human rights situation and a civilian population living in fear as a result of draconian measures implemented by the military regime. Posted: 20 Apr 2009

Posted: 20 Apr 2009

Two Amnesty films of dramatic reconstructions of 'War on Terror' torture techniques available to media. Expert spokespeople available for interview. Posted: 17 Apr 2009

Amnesty International today (17 April) called on the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) to declare an immediate humanitarian truce so an estimated 100,000 desperate civilians caught in the middle of the conflict zone can leave for safety. Posted: 17 Apr 2009

Amnesty International today (17 April) warned that police in the Niger Delta region are increasingly using illegal and violent means to tackle suspected militants and criminals in the area - including enforced disappearances, torture, and illegal killings. Posted: 17 Apr 2009