Press releases in 2015

‘The Huthi leadership must immediately rein in the security forces and armed men under its control’ - Said Boumedouha

‘The Utah legislature should be expending its energies on abolishing the death penalty, not trying to fix the unfixable’ - Rob Freer

Venezuela’s failure to bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of 43 people and the injury and torture of hundreds of others during protests last year, is giving a green light to mo

Equatorial Guinea must release a human rights defender detained simply for campaigning against the unlawful arrest and subsequent restriction of movement imposed on opposition leader Guillermo Ngue

The suicide bombing of two mosques in Sanaa today, that killed dozens of people and wounded more than 100 others, must be investigated immediately and those responsible brought to justice, Amnesty

More than 550 oil spills in Niger Delta in 2014 alone Shell reports 204 oil spills ENI oil company reports 349 spills

The release of two prisoners of conscience today is a positive move, but with 20 others behind bars, it is little more than a tokenistic gesture to appease critics in the run up to the European Gam

Amnesty International is deeply saddened at news of the death of Gerry McKerr, announced today.

The Yemeni authorities must set up a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into today’s despicable killing of leading journalist and activist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, Amnes