July 2009

The Chinese authorities should drop the politically-motivated prosecution against Sichuan-based human rights activist Huang Qi and release him immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today. Huang Qi had been trying to help the families of those whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake. Posted: 31 Jul 2009

Management and police deny workers access to food, water and medical treatment. Posted: 31 Jul 2009

Amnesty International is calling on the authorities in Trinidad and Tobago not to execute a man who is accused of killing his sister-in-law. Posted: 31 Jul 2009

Amnesty International has announced a record number of entries for its Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. As the nominations closed this weekend, 51 productions had entered for the award, which will be given to an outstanding Fringe play that carries a human rights message. Posted: 31 Jul 2009

Amnesty International is seriously concerned at recent attacks by Iraqi forces on unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf which left several people injured and led to the arrest of at least eight others. Posted: 29 Jul 2009

The human rights crisis in Iran is deepening daily and next week's expected inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president may spark further protests and a massive new clampdown Posted: 28 Jul 2009

Amnesty's Belfast Pride lecture tackles gay discrimination in Ireland: Irish Bill 'cowardly' and 'rooted in bigotry'. Posted: 28 Jul 2009

Amnesty International today gave Aung San Suu Kyi is most prestigious honour - the 'Ambassador of Conscience' Award for 2009. Posted: 27 Jul 2009

Incest and rape victims compelled to have babies. Posted: 27 Jul 2009

Amnesty International is warning that at least nine women in Iraq are facing imminent execution after recently having their death sentences confirmed. Posted: 23 Jul 2009

Amnesty International is again calling on the Greek authorities to ensure that people made homeless following forced evictions are provided with suitable alternative accommodation, in line with the country's international obligations. Posted: 23 Jul 2009

Thousands of people across the capital of Zimbabwe face the threat of mass eviction from homes and forced removal from their market stalls, according to Amnesty International. The organisation's supporters have appealed to the authorities in Harare not to proceed with this mass eviction. Posted: 23 Jul 2009

Amnesty International has condemned Saudi Arabia for detaining thousands of people in post-2001 'counter-terrorism' round-ups, holding many of these for years without charge or trial. Posted: 22 Jul 2009

Amnesty International has learned that at least 180 people face being flogged in the Maldives as a punishment for extramarital sex. Posted: 22 Jul 2009

Northern Ireland campaigners will be joining activists from throughout the world this Saturday (25 July) to hold a Global Day of Action for Iran. Posted: 22 Jul 2009

The hostilities that have caused the death of thousands of people around Sudan's oil-rich Abyei must come to an end when the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague issues its ruling on the disputed border between North and South Sudan, Posted: 22 Jul 2009

Dozens of protestors took part in a demonstration outside the Gambian High Commission in London to call for free speech in Gambia on the eve of the country's national holiday, Freedom Day (22 July). Posted: 21 Jul 2009

The conviction of Milan and Sredoje Lukiæ for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal) brings justice for the killing of scores of people during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but ignores the suffering of victims of sexual violence, Amnesty International said today (21 July). Posted: 21 Jul 2009

Amnesty International today welcomed initiatives by the Jamaican Government to tackle the country's public security crisis but warned that success will only be measured in terms of lives saved and people lifted out of poverty. Posted: 21 Jul 2009

In reaction to Amnesty International's report of 30 June 2009, Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta, Shell has made a number of email statements to the media. Amnesty International takes this opportunity to set the record straight. Posted: 20 Jul 2009