Press releases
Monday 22 December 2008
(Hong Kong) After more than 14 days of detention without approval of arrest, it now appears certain that Liu Xiaobo is considered a “major suspect”, accord
Thursday 18 December 2008
The President of India should reject new amendments to anti-terror laws which would violate international human rights treaties, said Amnesty International today
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Indigenous Peoples in Colombia are once again paying the price of a seemingly never-ending armed conflict, said Amnesty International today after the killing yesterday
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Industry claims that Taser stun guns are safe and non-lethal do not stand up to scrutiny, said Amnesty International today as it called on governments to limit their d
Monday 15 December 2008
Amnesty International calls for the retrial by an ordinary court of 22 people sentenced today by an Emergency Court for their involvement in the violent protests of Ma
Friday 12 December 2008
As the Spanish authorities prepare to extradite Murad Gasayev to the Russian Federation Amnesty International called for these proceedings to be halted immediately as
Friday 12 December 2008
The Brazilian Supreme Court’s vote in favour of the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation is a victory for all Indigenous Peoples in the country, said Amnesty Internat
Friday 12 December 2008
"The US Senate inquiry acknowledges what has long been apparent – that the abuse of detainees in the ‘war on terror’ was not just due to a &lsqu
Friday 12 December 2008
Amnesty International is calling on the Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arrested and tried for exercising peacefully their ri
Thursday 11 December 2008
“The EU and European states should show leadership and heed Portugal’s
call to put the need to protect Guantánamo detainees who cannot return
to t
