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Press releases in 2017

Spanish multinational with major business links in UK makes millions from Australia's torture of refugees

A multinational company responsible for running the Australian government’s refugee “processing” centre on Nauru, with major business links in the UK, is making millions of dollars from a system that...

Theresa May must raise 'reckless airstrikes' in Yemen during visit to Saudi Arabia

Responding to news that UK Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Saudi Arabia in the coming days, Allan Hogarth, head of policy and government affairs for Amnesty International UK, said: “Of course we...

Bahrain: Disastrous move towards patently unfair military trials of civilians

The King of Bahrain ratified a constitutional amendment today that paves the way for military trials of civilians, in yet another example of Bahrain’s efforts to dismantle access to justice and fair...

Sri Lanka: Victims of disappearance cannot wait any longer for justice - new report

Sri Lanka will not break with its violent past until it deals with the cruel history of enforced disappearance and delivers justice to as many as 100,000 families who have spent years waiting for it...

New call for release of British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ahead of anniversary of arrest in Iran

Appeal comes during Iranian New Year season, a traditional time for prisoner releases Ahead of the one-year point (Monday 3 April) since the 38-year-old British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari...