Press releases in 2017

‘I’ve been given a second chance in England. I’m so grateful for the support I’ve been given and the chance to turn your life around is something that every refugee deserves’ - Saido Berahino, Stoke...

Laws hastily pushed through Parliament after Coptic church attacks Draconian legal changes in the wake of the Easter weekend Coptic church attacks will allow mass arbitrary arrests, indefinite...

The two were only 16 and 17 at the time of crimes, making their execution illegal under international law Family of one man told to make last-ever visit to him in prison - executions set for tomorrow...

Nigerian authorities must ramp up efforts to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and thousands of others abducted across the northeast by Boko Haram, said Amnesty International on the...

Prisoners and their families speak of ‘torture’ of denial of visits and lengthy body searches Protest set to start on Palestinian Prisoner’s Day on 17 April Israel’s decades-long policy of detaining...

Seven men face execution between Easter Monday and 27 April With its supply of lethal injection drug midazolam set to expire at end of April, Arkansas in ‘shameful race to beat a drug expiration date’...

Reported abduction of 100 men in ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya and moves to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses are just latest in long line of abuses Though recent developments in Syria are set to dominate US...

Amnesty International, St Paul’s Cathedral and renowned artist Mark Wallinger are collaborating to highlight the plight of all those currently in prison, suffering torture or facing execution because...

1,032 executions worldwide in 2016, down 37% from 2015 (1,634) Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan join China in world’s top five executioners USA carries out lowest number of executions in quarter...

Lecturer criticised President for not providing free sanitary towels to all schoolgirls ‘Lack of sanitary towels is one of the leading causes of girls dropping out of school’ A Ugandan university...