Press releases in 2009

Human rights ‘hang in the balance’ Commenting on the NATO summit on Afghanistan set to begin in Strasbourg today, Amnesty International Asia Pacific Programme Director Sam Zarifi, said: “This really...

The new delivery to Israel of a massive consignment of US munitions, revealed by Amnesty International today, throws into question whether President Obama will act to prevent the US fuelling further...

Bodies set ablaze with note saying: “This is revenge on state officials” Amnesty International today called for an immediate end to a recent wave of brutal attacks against civilians by armed...

67-year-old human rights chief thrown to ground, kicked and beaten by gang after YUKOS concerns raised An assault yesterday on Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev has been condemned by Amnesty...

Amnesty International today called on the North Korean government to release two US journalists held at a detention facility in Pyongyang, unless it can guarantee that they are prosecuted for...

A new report from Amnesty International reveals today that allegations of beatings, racial abuse, excessive force and even unlawful killings by French police are rarely investigated effectively and...

Sichuan environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren was detained on 28 March by the police in Chengdu, Sichuan province on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power”. He is now detained at...