Press releases in 2009

Amnesty urges Sudanese President to surrender immediately to face trial In reaction to today’s decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar...

The destruction of almost 100 tapes containing potential evidence of torture and ill treatment of detainees held in secret detention by the CIA illustrates the urgent need for a full independent...

As the Law Lords today (2 March) consider a challenge to the lawfulness of Control orders, and the annual renewal of the Control order regime goes through parliament tomorrow, Amnesty International is...

The rights of the Children's rights of Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed in Dubai for alleged adultery, must be protected, urged Amnesty International UK today. Amnesty stressed that the best...

* US forces operating from Mullah Omar’s house implicated * Country at ‘tipping point’ warning as civilian deaths mount Amnesty International has today warned that the country is at a “tipping point”...

Human rights campaigners are gathering in Belfast this weekend to pledge their opposition to further attacks on civil liberties and to press for human rights to be put at the heart of decision-making...

Amnesty International UK and the TUC have today (Wednesday) signed a new agreement setting out how the two organisations will work more closely together to achieve improved international labour and...

The judgment issued today (25 February) by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) finding three senior members of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) guilty of crimes against humanity...

The judgment issued today by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) finding three senior members of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes...

Amnesty International is calling on authorities in Macao to put a halt to the National Security Bill because it has the potential for abuse to become law. Roseann Rife, Amnesty International's Asia...