Press releases in 2004

More than 50 people are still imprisoned for their part in the protests, according to Amnesty International’s records. This number is a fraction of the true figure, which has never been released by...

'Let neither a woman’s back be free from blows, nor her womb be empty' - proverb quoted by a Turkish judge refusing a divorce on the grounds that pregnancy meant that marital violence could not have...

Violations of international fair trial standards have marred proceedings against Igor Sutiagin throughout the investigation and trial, and raise serious concern that the case may have been brought for...

Amnesty International has received many reports of vigilante action against gay people by members of the community, and of ill-treatment or torture by the police. Gay men and Women's rights's rightss...

The organisations, which include Amnesty International UK, Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid and Oxfam, as well as two CSR consultancies (full list below), are refusing to take part in the...

Donatella Rovera said: “At 9:30 last night, I was sitting in the garden of the Jerusalem Hotel with a colleague. Peter Hounam was brought into the garden by five plain-clothes members of the...

The organisation welcomed progress on human rights in the country, but highlighted regular reports of beatings, death threats, sexual harassment and deprivation of sleep by law enforcement officials...

Launching the Amnesty International Annual Report 2004, the organisation said that violence by armed groups and increasing violations by governments have combined to produce the most sustained attack...

Laos in South-East Asia, with a population of 5.6million, is the scene of a conflict between the ethnic minority ‘Hmong’ people and the government which has been running for almost 30 years...