Press releases in 2016

Fighters issuing death threats against doctors for treating wounded Houthis

State of emergency shutdown of 375 NGOs includes women’s shelters and children’s rights groups

Police tamper with crime scenes, plant weapons on victims and threaten relatives to dissuade them from reporting abuses

‘These UK-backed institutions are seriously flawed and widely seen as a PR tool of the Bahraini authorities’ - Allan Hogarth

‘The Iranian authorities must end her ordeal by releasing her immediately and unconditionally’ - Philip Luther

Amnesty International has welcomed the publication of the UN Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice and Reparation, Pablo de Greiff’s report following his visit to Northern Ireland last year.

‘The ultimate losers are not just NGOs but Russian society’ - Sergei Nikitin

Amnesty International has welcomed a commitment from Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to explore the possibility that Northern Irish women could access abortions free of charge through NHS Scotland in…

Stage-managed videos with titles like ‘In the Devil’s hands’ followed long periods of solitary confinement and alleged torture