News Release
- REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA:Repeal "cruel" new stoning and caning law
- 12 September 2009 / Region:REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA / Topic:International human rights law
- JAPAN:Japan: Stop the execution of mentally ill prisoners
- 10 September 2009 / Region:JAPAN / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA:Lithuania: Parliament moves to criminalize homosexuality
- 9 September 2009 / Region:REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA / Topic:Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity
- KINGDOM OF THAILAND:Thailand: resumption of executions a backwards step
- 26 August 2009 / Region:KINGDOM OF THAILAND / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA:Kim Dae-jung, human rights champion and former South Korean president, dies
- 19 August 2009 / Region:REPUBLIC OF KOREA / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:US Supreme Court Order gives hope to Troy Davis
- 18 August 2009 / Region:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- KINGDOM OF DENMARK:Denmark: Arrest of Iraqi asylum- seekers during raid
- 14 August 2009 / Region:KINGDOM OF DENMARK / Topic:Refugees and Migrants
- RUSSIAN FEDERATION:Russian Federation: Stop the hunt on human rights activists
- 11 August 2009 / Region:RUSSIAN FEDERATION / Topic:Individual at risk
- UNION OF MYANMAR:Myanmar:Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s new sentence "shameful"
- 11 August 2009 / Region:UNION OF MYANMAR / Topic:
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:USA: War objectors’ freedom of conscience must be respected
- 6 August 2009 / Region:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Topic:
- ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN:Afghanistan: Ten-Point Agenda for Human Rights
- 4 August 2009 / Region:ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN / Topic:
- PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:China: Free human rights defender Huang Qi
- 31 July 2009 / Region:PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:Individual at risk
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA:South Korea: Call for unimpeded access to food, water and necessary medical treatment for Ssanyong striking workers
- 31 July 2009 / Region:REPUBLIC OF KOREA / Topic:
- PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:China: Legal scholar Xu Zhiyong in arbitrary detention
- 30 July 2009 / Region:PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:Individual at risk
- REPUBLIC OF KENYA:Kenya: Government should provide emergency shelter for the thousands forcibly evicted from their homes in winter
- 28 July 2009 / Region:REPUBLIC OF KENYA / Topic:Forced Eviction
- Japan SectionJAPAN:More executions in Japan as other countries reject the death penalty
- 28 July 2009 / Region:JAPAN / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- International SecretariatUNION OF MYANMAR:Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is Amnesty International’s “Ambassador of Conscience”
- 27 July 2009 / Region:UNION OF MYANMAR / Topic:
- REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES:Philippines:AI urges President Arroyo to leave a positive legacy of human rights
- 23 July 2009 / Region:REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES / Topic:
- FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA:Nigeria: Shell's response to Amnesty International's report Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Deltais disappointing
- 20 July 2009 / Region:FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA / Topic:Business and Human Rights
- RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian Federation: Human rights activist murdered
- 15 July 2009 / Region:RUSSIAN FEDERATION / Topic:Individual at risk