Press releases in 2014

‘Careful, detailed analysis is needed - not fast-tracking and grandstanding’ - Rachel Logan

Women and medical professionals in Northern Ireland could face up to ten years in prison for having or carrying out an abortion if a proposed amendment to legislation is passed, Amnesty Internation

Following the announcement on Monday (23 November) that the St.

Marital rape not considered a criminal offence, and rapists can escape prosecution by marrying their victim if she is a minor

Amnesty International USA has a team of observers in Ferguson, Missouri who will be available for interview as of lunchtime today – Tuesday 25 November.

Amnesty International urges action by UK and Irish governments

A Belgian mining company, Groupe Forrest International, has consistently lied about the bulldozing of hundreds of homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has denied justice to those

Two days before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, three teams of Amnesty activists embarked on a whistle-stop tour of London landmarks today with a giant postcard and asked passers-by to stand in the frame

Albert Woodfox has spent more than 40 years in isolation

More than 100 cases of blasphemy convictions in last decade