Press releases in 2015

The UN must review the oversight of its peacekeeping operations, Amnesty International said ahead of today’s Security Council meeting called to discuss allegations of sexual abuse in the Cent

Reports that an 11-year-old girl has given birth today after becoming pregnant as a result of repeated rape, allegedly by her step father, are a tragic reminder of the urgent need for Paraguay to r

An activist who called for a boycott of the European Games on human rights grounds has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years today, and her husband for seven, in a move that reveals the ongo

‘This new law will become yet another tool for the authorities to crush all forms of dissent’ - Said Boumedouha

‘The Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme proves once again that human rights are right at the heart of the arts’ - Naomi McAuliffe

‘The Turkish government has displayed a flagrant disregard for the lives of local residents’ - Lama Fakih

More than 200 people have died from starvation and hundreds of civilians killed in bombing

A crucial vote to protect the human rights of sex workers was passed today in Dublin at Amnesty International’s decision-making forum, the International Council Meeting (ICM).

Darwish’s three-year ordeal included torture and enforced disappearance