Press releases in 2007

Amnesty International strongly condemns recent episodes of violence against persons who are perceived to be gay in Jamaica. The organisation is particularly concerned by reports of mob violence...

Oxfam, National Union of Journalists, Amnesty International, British Red Cross and Scottish Refugee Council (and other members of the Asylum Positive Images Network in Scotland) are pleased to...

Agencies Call on British Government to Take Urgent Action on Iraqi Refugees (London, April 16, 2007) – Three former Iraqi interpreters for the UK Army, who were forced to flee to Syria after receiving...

Amnesty International deplores the death threats made to human rights defender Mark Thompson, director of NI victims group Relatives For Justice. Amnesty is calling for the threats to be fully...

Amnesty International UK today (Sunday 15 March) launched a new UK web appeal on behalf of a 20-year-old woman artist facing execution in Iran. The organisation is asking people to go to…

Palestinian Authority must increase efforts to secure BBC reporter’s release Amnesty International supporters are sending ‘Urgent Action’ appeals on behalf of the abducted BBC television news reporter...

Palestinian Authority must increase efforts to secure BBC reporter’s release Amnesty International supporters in Northern Ireland are sending ‘Urgent Action’ appeals on behalf of the abducted BBC...

UK must abandon attempt to do deals with Egypt on ‘no torture’ assurances Amnesty International has condemned Egypt’s record on torture and illegal detention and called on other countries to abandon...

In a new report published today (5 April), Amnesty International says that 80% of detainees at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are being held in solitary confinement, often in harsh...

Voluntary business code fails again as child exploitation continues in the 'chocolate fields' of West Africa With the Easter chocolate consumption frenzy just around the corner, Amnesty International...