Press releases in 2016

A comprehensive redress scheme for victims of historical child abuse must be part of the new Northern Ireland Programme for Government, child abuse survivors have told Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and…

Relatives of one man only learnt of his death by shooting when they made routine prison visit

Unilever, Nestlé, Kellogg’s, Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble among household names contributing to labour abuse

Amnesty International has celebrated two of the UK’s best-known journalists for their dedication to human rights reporting at its 25

Rachel Logan, Amnesty UK’s Legal Programme Director, said:

Amnesty warns of Syrian government’s ‘long and dark history’ of mass detention and disappearances

Amnesty International has welcomed reports that a group set up by the Northern Ireland Executive to examine cases of fatal foetal abnormality has recommended changes to the region’s abortion law. However, the human…

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Following the decision of the High Court to overturn the original investigation of the Independent Police Complaints Commission into the death of 23-year-old factory worker Jordon Begley, Amnesty I