Press Releases
The nation is gearing up for what is set to be the next biggest event after the football World Cup – Refugee Week 2010, 14-20 June. Hundreds of events are taking place across the country to celebrate...
Amnesty International has today (7 June) released photographs of a US-manufactured cruise missile that carried cluster munitions, apparently taken following an attack on an alleged al-Qa’ida training...
Amnesty International has welcomed plans for a Northern Ireland Assembly debate this afternoon (Friday 4 June) calling for an end to the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. Patrick Corrigan, Northern...
* Israel should assist UN experts in fact-finding mission * Blockade should be lifted Amnesty International is calling for a prompt and credible international inquiry into the deaths caused by Israel...
First-time ever three years in a row Amnesty Awards win BBC journalist Mike Thomson was declared winner of the Radio category of Amnesty International Media Awards for the third year in a row this...
Amnesty International is calling for restrictions on the use of Taser electro-shock weapons by USA border patrol’s police force following the death of Mexican national Anastasio Hernandez earlier this...
The Congolese government must immediately launch a thorough, impartial and independent investigation into the death of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, one of the country’s leading human rights activists...
Freedom of expression campaigners will protest on Thursday 3 June outside the Azerbaijani embassy in London, calling for an end to the persecution of jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev. Amnesty...
* Israel should assist UN experts in fact-finding mission * Blockade should be lifted Amnesty International is calling for a prompt and credible international inquiry into the deaths caused by Israel...
Amnesty International has welcomed the conviction of 19 Turkish officials found guilty of causing the death of a human rights activist in a landmark torture case. The 19 officials, including police...