Press releases in 2006

Refused asylum-seekers eat out of bins and sleep in parks, public toilets and phone-boxes because of government policy The government’s policy on refused asylum-seekers does not work and is forcing...

Celebration for release of Helen Berhane marred by a further 160 Christians arrested Amnesty International welcomes the release of Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane, who had been held incommunicado...

Amnesty International deplores the decision of the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal to impose the death sentence on Saddam Hussein and two of his co-defendants after a trial which was deeply flawed and...

Moazzam Begg, a former detainee at the infamous Guantánamo Bay speaking in Belfast tonight (Saturday 4 November), has accused the American and British governments of repeating the mistakes of 1970s UK...

Amnesty International strongly condemns the wave of violence that has engulfed Bangladesh over the past five days. The organisation is calling urgently on the leaders of all political parties to...

Unique charity campaign asks people to give time not money during this festive season Amnesty International today launches its annual Greetings Card Campaign encouraging people across the UK to send a...

Amnesty International celebrated the power of principled leadership and individual activism today with two major international human rights awards. In Johannesburg, Amnesty International bestowed upon...

Amnesty International has today (1 Nov) called on the Scottish Parliament to support the establishment of a Scottish Human Rights Commission when MSPs come to decide on its future tomorrow. The...

Amnesty International is concerned that at least 82 people in a madrassa (religious school) may have been extrajudicially executed in an aerial attack at dawn of 30 October in Bajaur, a designated...

Amnesty International welcomed today's new legislation under which the Supreme Court would review all death penalty verdicts in China but urged the authorities to abolish the death penalty once and...