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Press releases in 2016

Turkey: Illegal mass returns of Syrian refugees expose fatal flaws in EU-Turkey deal

Large-scale forced returns of refugees from Turkey to war-ravaged Syria expose the fatal flaws in a refugee deal signed between Turkey and the European Union earlier this month, Amnesty Internation

Paedophile child psychiatrist revelations - Amnesty demands investigation by UK child abuse inquiry
Qatar: Abuse of workers on World Cup 2022 stadium exposed - new report

Migrant workers building Khalifa International Stadium in Doha for the 2022 World Cup have suffered systematic abuses, in some cases forced labour, Amnesty International reveals in a major new repo

Bahrain Embassy, London: activists to count down release of jailed teachers' union head Mahdi Abu Dheeb
Azerbaijan: release of jailed human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev welcomed

Seven prisoners of conscience still being held in Azerbaijan

Angola: 17 jailed activists named Amnesty prisoners of conscience
Northern Ireland: publication of abortion guidelines - long overdue and only a first step
Burma: New government should free all prisoners of conscience and usher in 'new dawn for human rights'

“This could be the start of a new dawn for human rights in Burma, but the task facing Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy is huge’ - Champa Patel

West Bank: Israeli soldier shooting dead a wounded Palestinian man is 'potential war crime'

‘Israeli forces have a long history of carrying out unlawful killings’ - Philip Luther

Karadzic verdict: 'An important day for justice' but ruling leaves life unchanged for thousands of survivors

Today’s guilty verdict handed down by a UN Court in The Hague against former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadžić for genocide and other crimes under international law marks a major step towa