Press releases in 2016

Clean up due to start on Thursday 2 June

Over 100 – mainly young black – men killed by police in Rio already this year

The Danish Parliament has ushered in a historic victory in the struggle for transgender rights by today adopting a decision to no longer stigmatise transgender identities as mental disorders, said

1.2 million internally displaced

In a shocking attack on the right to freedom of expression Bahrain’s authorities today upheld the conviction of opposition leader Sheikh ‘Ali Salman and increased his prison sente

Today’s judgment convicting former Chadian president Hissène Habré marks a significant moment for international justice and a huge relief for the tens of thousands of victims wh

Today’s arrest of the head of the Egyptian Press Syndicate and two colleagues is an alarming setback for freedom of expression and the most brazen attack on the media the country has witnesse

Eight men sentenced to death by military court after tortured 'confessions', with another 18 receiving lengthy jail terms

Detainees are being given food once or twice a week Satellite image evidence of the four shipping containers