Press releases in 2016

‘The Obama Administration has still never provided basic information needed to assess the drone programme’ - Naureen Shah

Thailand’s referendum on a draft constitution takes place this Sunday against a backdrop of pervasive human rights violations that have created a chilling climate, Amnesty International said

Kenya must not “sacrifice these individuals’ rights for political expediency”

Amnesty International has welcomed Northern Ireland Justice Minister Claire Sugden’s call for an extension to the Pitchford Inquiry into controversial undercover police units working for Scot

The Chinese authorities must end their relentless suppression of human rights lawyers and activists, Amnesty International said today, after a prominent lawyer became the latest to be convicted aft

Student Hassan Afshar is first child offender executed in country this year

World leaders have wasted a critical opportunity to tackle the global refugee crisis, said Amnesty International today after talks for a new UN refugee deal ended falling far short of expectations.

‘Delaware today has joined a growing majority on the right side of history’ - James Clark

The Committee’s call for an EU deal with Libya to tackle people smuggling is very dangerous and fails to address the absence of any effective Government with which to deal.

‘Few other countries go to such lengths to deliberately inflict suffering on people seeking safety and freedom’ - Anna Neistat