Press releases in 2015

New factsheet on human rights situation half a decade since Tunisian fruit-seller’s death led to mass protests

“When they put a chain over your hands and legs, you feel like a slave, like you are not a human being,” Syrian refugee

Amnesty International has called for an urgent change in abortion law in Northern Ireland after a judgment by Belfast’s High Court today declared existing law in breach of the European Conven

‘Insulting’ the Amir of Kuwait is punishable with a five-year jail sentence

‘There is no doubt that there has been a substantial loss of life at the hands of the military’ - M.K. Ibrahim

‘This case highlights the entrenched levels of state homophobia in the country’ - Said Boumedouha

New data shows that almost 25,000 women from across Ireland, north and south, travelled to have abortions in England and Wales – an average of close to 100 terminations every week over the pa

1,000 schools out of operation - 254 completely destroyed Report published ahead of peace talks scheduled for next week

Shawkan held for over 800 days in inhumane conditions and tortured