Press releases in 2016

The Eritrean foreign minister’s confirmation that all politicians and journalists arbitrarily arrested in 2001 are alive is welcome news but they must now be immediately and unconditionally r

• Poll showed 7 out of 10 people in Northern Ireland want to abortion law reform

A new decree by the governor of Rio de Janeiro authorising spending cuts ahead of the Olympic Games

‘ Instead of deploying these crude intimidation tactics… the Indonesian authorities should come together to allow them to disembark safely’ - Josef Benedi

Free entry for freelancers Previous Gaby Rado Award winners include Aleem Maqbool, Nick Paton-Walsh, Xan Rice and Jack Shenker

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Greece on 17-18 June to express solidarity with t

‘Forcible anal examinations of men suspected of same-sex relationships is abhorrent’ - Muthoni Wanyeki

‘These people have endured a long and difficult journey already’ - Josef Benedict

Formula One should use its influence and publicly call on the Azerbaijani authorities to end their crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said ahead of the Grand Prix in Baku this weekend

Hundreds of people entitled to Dominican nationality have been unlawfully expelled from the country in recent months in a wave of removals that has seen 100,000 individuals returned or deported to