Press releases in 2016

‘The authorities must thoroughly investigate both the allegations of abuse and the delay’ - Gopika Bashi

The candidates seeking the FIFA presidency should sign up to a set of pledges to prevent human rights abuses and corruption linked to the World Cup and other FIFA events, said a group of leading NG

Amnesty International UK’s Refugees Programme Director Steve Symonds said:

102 people released in prisoner amnesty British man Philip Blackwood among prisoners released today

The Turkish government’s onslaught on Kurdish towns and neighbourhoods, which includes round-the-clock curfews and cuts

Proposed changes to Denmark’s refugee law would have a devastating impact on vulnerable people who, in addition to having assets seized, would be forced to wait years for the chance to be reu

“It is now painfully clear that putting to death more than 300 people…in the name of fighting ‘terrorism’ has done nothing to prevent such tragedies” - Champa

Yezidi militia also bulldozed Arab homes, with ‘support for Islamic State’ being cited as justification for possible war crimes

Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Vodaphone are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products,