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Press releases in 2015

Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award 2015 Shortlist Announced

Seven powerful productions at Edinburgh Festival Fringe chosen for shortlist

Russia: Ukrainian film-maker's 20-year jail sentence compared to 'Stalinist-era show trials'

Oleg Sentsov and ecologist Aleksandr Kolchenko jailed after unfair trial in Russia military court

Saudi Arabia is carrying out executions at a rate of one every two days - new report

Child offenders and those with mental disabilities among those executed

Greece: chaos and squalid conditions for refugees and migrants on island of Lesbos

Dirty, overcrowded detention centre, people crowded onto a car park and many left to walk in sweltering heat

Macedonia: thousands trapped and at risk of violence after border sealed
UAE: torture fears for prominent economist arrested this week and held in secret detention

Family of former ‘UAE 5’ detainee Dr Nasser bin Ghaith have no information on his whereabouts

EU border agency figures show scale of 'refugee crisis'

Theresa May should drop ‘tough’ rhetoric and focus on ‘how UK can save lives’ during her Calais visit tomorrow

Iran: Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian should be released immediately

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of the Iranian-American Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian who is awaiting a verdict after a deeply-flawed espionage trial.

Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen have left a 'bloody trail of civilian death' - new report

With nearly 2,000 civilian deaths, all parties may have committed war crimes

South Africa: Suspend those behind the Marikana killings and subsequent cover-up