Press releases in 2015

The agreement on transitional justice signed yesterday by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) offers a ray of hope to the millions of victims of human rig

More than 2,100 civilians, including at least 400 children, killed

The Mexican authorities’ reckless handling of an investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 trainee teachers a year ago this week, exposes a scandalous cover-up orchestrated by the h

Responding to the outcome early this morning of the EU leaders meeting on the refugee crisis, John Dalhuisen, Director of Amnesty International’s Europe programme, said:

Responding to the outcome early this morning of the EU leaders meeting on the refugee crisis, John Dalhuisen, Director of Amnesty International’s Europe programme, said:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to include an explicit requirement to respect and protect human rights in the Host City Contract for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics pu

‘It is ludicrous that some of these people were ever behind bars in the first place’ - Said Boumedouha

240 executions carried out this year

Concern over consent and coercion in relocation schemes Call for EU support to improve conditions in reception centres

Satellite images show how the razor-wire fence was completed in just two days and caused an immediate bottleneck