Press releases in 2015

Police use of force ‘must never be seen as a licence to kill’ - Dr Anja Bienert

Responding to David Cameron’s confirmation today that the UK would accept thousands more Syrian refugees, Amnesty International’s refugee expert Steve Symonds said:

Responding to David Cameron’s comments this evening that the UK will take in thousands more refugees, Amnesty International UK’s refugee expert Steve Symonds said:

The gruesome discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of at least 31 individuals in northern Mexico highlights the urgent need for robust action to tackle the country’s rapidly deteri

The public flogging of a man and a woman by local officials in western Ghor province in Afghanistan for “adultery” is abhorrent and the Afghan authorities must hold to account those res

Azerbaijan’s jailing of an award winning journalist barely two weeks after two prominent human rights activists received jail sentences is another severe attack on free speech, Amnesty Intern