Press Releases
As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meets, Amnesty International is publishing a new report and sending the Burmese authorities thousands of petitions from across the world urging...
With one woman every hour thought to be killed through domestic violence in Russia (1), Amnesty International is calling for urgent action to combat the crisis as it published a new report on domestic...
“These are deeply worrying findings. Let’s be clear what we are talking about here: this is not about whether evidence is useful. This is about whether it is okay to throw someone in a cell and...
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had been asked to grant clemency in the case but declined to do so. Former gang leader Stanley Williams was sentenced to death in 1981 for a total of four...
Ddydd Sul, 11 Rhagfyr 2005 fe wnaeth Amnest Rhyngwladol Cymru gydweithio â grŵp lleol Amnest yng Nghaerdydd er mwyn marcio Diwrnod Hawliau Dynol (10 Rhagfyr). Am 2.30 fe wnaeth gwirfoddolwyr gyfarfod...
In January 2005 the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeal in Cincinnati overturned Mr Richey's death sentence, demanding that the state of Ohio either release Richey or re-try his case within 90 days...
Former gang leader Stanley Williams is scheduled to be executed in the early hours of Tuesday 13 December. He was sentenced to death in 1981 for a total of four murders carried out during two...
Ante Gotovina, who was arrested yesterday in Spain, is indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal) in The Hague on seven counts of persecutions, murder -...
The Law Lords have confirmed that evidence obtained through torture is never acceptable except in proceedings against the alleged torturer. The ruling confirms the otherwise absolute inadmissibility...
Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The UK stands at an important crossroads – it can become a defender of human rights or continue to be a defender of torture. “Let us be clear...