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Press releases in 2007

Sudan (Darfur): Janjawid threaten more attacks in West Darfur

Still not enough protection for civilians in Darfur Amnesty International has received reports that the government-backed Janjawid militia have threatened to attack three villages in West Darfur - Bir...

USA: Kenny Richey - Fresh calls for Scotsman on Death Row as USA marks 30 years of death penalty

Amnesty International UK, Reprieve and Scottish anti-death penalty campaigner Karen Torley today (17 January) issued fresh calls for justice for a Scottish man on death row in the USA, as the US marks...

Iran: Quashing of child offender death sentence welcomed as Amnesty releases list of 23 child offenders still on death row

Amnesty International today (16 January) welcomed the lifting of the death sentence against 19-year-old Nazanin Fathehi and a stay of execution in the case of fellow child offender Sina Paymard. But...

Northern Ireland: Human rights prize awarded to Shankill Road primary school

Pupils at Malvern Primary School, near Belfast's Shankill Road, will be presented today (15 January) with a hand-made “friendship bench”, their prize for winning a cross-border human rights art...

Iraq: Execution of Saddam aides condemned

Amnesty International today (15 January) condemned the executions of Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the former head of Iraq's revolutionary court as a brutal violation of the right to life and a...

Brazil: 69-Year old woman shot dead over land feud

Another victim in Brazil’s indigenous people’s struggle for land Kuretê Lopes, a 69-year-old indigenous woman from the Guarani-Kaiowá people, has become the latest victim of land-related violence that...

Angola: Catholic church involved in forced evictions

Amnesty International today has released a report revealing the scale and extent of forced evictions in Angola – and is particularly concerned at forced evictions carried out by Angolan authorities –...

UK: Amnesty asks book trade for donations to “The Big Book Sale”

Amnesty International today asked publishers, distributors and booksellers to show their support for human rights by donating books to its “Big Booksale”, the UK’s only nationwide charity booksale...

Wales: Guantánamo Bay – Amnesty members in Wales protest outside the US Embassy office in Cardiff to condemn five year ‘anniversary’.

Where: US Embassy Office, Temple Court, Cathedral Road, Cardiff When: 10.30am, Thursday 11th January 2007. Letter to be handed in at 11.00am. On the day marking the fifth ‘anniversary’ (11 January) of...

USA/Somalia: What measures were taken to protect civilians in air strikes?

Amnesty International has written to the US government expressing deep concern about reports that at least 30 civilians have been killed in recent US air attacks in southern Somalia. In a letter to US...