Press releases in 2016

“They lied to us”: testimony shows refugees were told they were going to Athens Asylum claims and procedural guarantees ignored

The use of white phosphorus around the city of Mosul could pose a deadly risk to civilians fleeing the fighting in the coming days and weeks, Amnesty International said today.

‘ A woman who needs an abortion is not a criminal. The law should not treat her as such. ’ - Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has called for a change to Northern Ireland’s abortion law, as it was revealed…

Civilians kept in schools, homes and other locations near ISIS fighters

‘Angola 3’ pair Albert Woodfox and Robert King launch Amnesty's Write for Rights campaign

‘Giyas Ibrahimov’s sentence is an absolute travesty of justice’ - Denis Krivosheev

Responding to reports that a flotilla of Russian warships destined for Syria is considering refuelling at Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, Samah Hadid, Deputy Director of Campaigns at Amne

US authorities must ‘come clean’ about full extent of civilian deaths caused by coalition attacks in Syria