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Press releases in 2006

Pakistan: Spate of imminent executions in wake of Mirza Hussain case

Call for moratorium on death penalty in Pakistan On the day British-Pakistani dual national Mirza Hussain was due to be executed in Pakistan (1 June), Amnesty International has expressed fresh concern...

Scotland: Scottish LGBT groups join international outrage at Russian authorities’ ban on gay pride march

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) groups and individuals will gather outside the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh on Friday (2 June) to protest the Mayor of Moscow’s decision to ban a gay pride...

Pakistan: Family won't pardon Briton for money

Earlier this week President Pervez Musharraf delayed the hanging of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British national of Pakistani descent, for a month so that his family could make a last ditch attempt to...

Zimbabwe: Satellite images reveal shocking evidence of the obliteration of a community

Amnesty International today released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe – providing the clearest possible evidence to date of the devastating...

Scotland: Amnesty celebrates the Scottish media's contribution to human rights

A BBC documentary of the ‘Glasgow Girls’ wins Amnesty International Scottish Media Award . Amnesty’s Scottish Media Award announced yesterday (31 May,) recognises excellence in human rights journalism...

Zimbabwe: Satellite images reveal shocking evidence of the obliteration of a community

Amnesty International today released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe – providing the clearest possible evidence to date of the devastating...

New Amnesty 45th anniversary campaign tackles internet repression

To mark 45 years since Amnesty International was founded, today (28 May) the organisation launches a new campaign, irrepressible.info, to challenge a new threat to freedom - repression on the internet...

USA: Blair in USA - PM should call for Guantánamo closure

As Tony Blair prepares for talks with US President Bush in Washington today, Amnesty International said the Prime Minister should call for the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to be closed...

Scotland: Westminster Committee agrees – we should be investigating rendition in the UK

Amnesty International today welcomes the report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) calling on the government to investigate allegations of extraordinary rendition flights through UK...

Worldwide: Amnesty International annual report 2006 published

Speaking at the launch of Amnesty International Report 2006, the organisation’s Secretary General Irene Khan said that the security agenda of the powerful and privileged had diverted the energy and...