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Press releases in 2016

Northern Ireland: Amnesty tentative welcome for moves to change law on abortion and marriage equality

Responding to news that a number of political parties have tabled Bills at the Northern Ireland Assembly to introduce marriage equality and to reform the law on abortion, Patrick Corrigan, Amn

Israel should drop latest 'ludicrous' charges against nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu
Nigeria: babies among 149 dead in horrific conditions in Giwa barracks - new briefing
Ivory Coast should hand former first lady over to International Criminal Court

Trial of Simone Gbagbo in Abidjan is going ahead in defiance of ICC

EU must clamp down on advertising of torture equipment at trade fairs - new report

‘The reality is that items intended to inflict horrific levels of human suffering are openly on display at trade fairs in Europe’ - Iverna McGowan

Northern Ireland - clear majority for marriage equality in new Assembly: Amnesty calls for law change

‘The last Assembly repeatedly failed to deliver marriage equality for Northern Ireland. The new Assembly must put that right.’ – Patrick Corrigan

Kenya: 'reckless' closure of world's biggest refugee camp will put lives at risk

‘This reckless decision by the Kenyan government is an abdication of its duty to protect the vulnerable’ - Muthoni Wanyeki

Monday's UN global compact on refugee crisis could be game-changer

‘World leaders cannot go on lurching from crisis to crisis, haggling over numbers’ - Sherif Elsayed-Ali

Mexico: Jailed anti-logging activist named 'prisoner of conscience'

A Mexican man unfairly imprisoned in what appears to be a punishment for his peaceful activism against illegal logging must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said a

Malawi: authorities must act after two more ritual albinism killings

Woman found with breasts hacked off and eyes gouged out