Press releases in 2016

“My dad married me off to a 70-year-old man who already has five wives. He threatened me saying if I don’t join my husband he will kill me.” – 13-year-old Maria

Responding to a speech made by the Home Secretary Theresa May today in which she set out her view that the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty Interna

Responding to a speech made by the Home Secretary Theresa May today in which she set out her view that Britain should leave the European Convention on Human Rights, Rachel Logan, Amnesty’s Le

A damming report by an independent group of experts into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students in September 2014 is yet another dark stain in the Mexican government's atrocious human rights

The high-level European delegation travelling to Turkey on Saturday must address the catalogue of human rights abuses faced by refugees in the country, not sweep them under the carpet, said Amnesty

Satellite images reveal site of possible mass grave

‘The Russian authorities are not simply turning a blind eye to torture and injustice in Uzbekistan, they are lending a helping hand’ - John Dalhuisen

Open letter to US president names over 40 prisoners of conscience in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait and Oman