Press releases in 2007

Amnesty International is urging Queen's University and its students at to bring pressure on Caterpillar Inc for their role in the destruction of Palestinian homes. As reported in The Gown, the Queens...

Amnesty International welcomed today’s decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for two suspected Sudanese war criminals, and urged the Sudanese government to immediately...

17-year-old Kurdish girl stoned to death Amnesty International has condemned as “abhorrent” the stoning to death of a girl in a reported “honour killing” in northern Iraq. The girl, Du’a Khalil Aswad...

U2 confirmed to contribute exclusive track to the album Green Day will release a cover version of John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ today. The track, which features a sample of Lennon’s original...

New incidences of human rights abuses in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, including detention without charge or trial, repression of activists and restrictions on domestic journalists, are revealed...

An unprecedented coalition of actors and musicians has today (Sunday) called on the international community to do more to protect the civilians of Darfur. The artists, including Sir Elton John, George...

Primary schools across Northern Ireland are holding special human rights lessons to mark the fourth anniversary of the deadly conflict in Darfur. The schools are responding to a call by Amnesty...

Pakistan has world’s biggest death row - appeal for ‘death row families’ from Amjad Hussain, brother of Briton released from Pakistan The number of people executed in 2006 fell compared to the...

The plight of death row Scot Kenny Richey was again highlighted by campaigners as new figures show 3,350 facing execution in the United States, amid a “disturbing revival of executions” in a number of...

Protests will take place on Sunday (29 April) in over 35 capitals around the world to mark the fourth anniversary of the deadly conflict in Darfur. Around the world 10,000 hourglasses filled with fake...