Press releases
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Amnesty International today accused the Mauritanian government of routine and systematic torture, saying that the security apparatus has adopted torture as the preferr
Wednesday 3 December 2008
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately disclose the whereabouts of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who was abducted from her home at dawn today by a group o
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are calling on the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the Thai government and pro-government groups to commit to
Monday 1 December 2008
The population of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo need actions that will bring an end to repetitive cycles of gross human rights violations, rather than mere
Saturday 29 November 2008
The Croatian authorities’ failure to address threats against journalists has led to a climate of intimidation, where the journalists work at a great risk to thei
Thursday 27 November 2008
(Haiti) The government of Haiti is failing to protect the country’s girls against rape and sexual violence, Amnesty International said today, as it launched a re
Thursday 27 November 2008
Thousands of Iraqis detained by US forces will be at risk of torture or even execution if they are handed over to the Iraqi authorities, Amnesty International today wa
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Jamaica’s crime epidemic must be solved with reforms to the police and the justice system, not with more death, said Amnesty International after the Jamaican Hou
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Amnesty International today called on the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to pardon 59 year old medical scientist Wo Weihan, echoing his dau
Monday 24 November 2008
Amnesty International today called on the Colombian Congress not to approve the draft “Victims’ Law”. This draft followed the government’
