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Press releases in 2014

USA: federal supermax prison in Colorado is 'inhuman' and in breach of international law

Prisoners held for average of eight years in solitary cells

Iran: Youth at risk of hanging amid disturbing rise in juvenile executions
Israel/Gaza: UN must impose arms embargo as civilian death toll rises
Iraq: Evidence of spiralling sectarian killings and abductions - new Amnesty report
Kenya: Thousands of rape and sexual and gender-based crimes from post election go unpunished
Ukraine: New evidence of 'stomach-turning beatings and torture'
Burma: Journalists given 10 years' hard labour for article on chemical weapons factory

The sentencing of five media workers in Burma each to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for “disclosing state secrets” makes today a dark day for freedom of expression in th

USA: reports of Muslim surveillance using 'Mohammed Raghead' term raises concern

‘The burden is on President Obama to demonstrate that the surveillance was lawful’ - Steven W Hawkins

‘Emergency’ spy laws: It’s never been more vital to watch the watchmen

Responding to the prospect of an emergency Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill, Rachel Logan, Law and Human Rights Adviser at Amnesty UK, said:

Central African Republic: Amnesty names key suspects in new report

More than six months since the conflict in Central African Republic (CAR) escalated, large-scale killings and mutilation of civilians have continued unabated in the country and there has been an al