Press releases in 2017

Press briefing on Turkey's human rights crackdown at the G20 in Hamburg today by Amnesty's Secretary General Salil Shetty. 14.30 local time, more d etails below. Amnesty International’s Secretary...

The Chinese authorities must end their ruthless campaign of detention and torture of human rights lawyers and activists, said Amnesty International, on the second anniversary of the start of an...

Chinese labour activist Liu Shaoming is the latest victim of the authorities’ relentless assault on human rights after he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail for publishing his story of the...

The soaring death toll in the central Mediterranean and the horrific abuses faced by thousands of refugees and migrants in Libyan detention centres are clearly linked to failing EU policies, said...

The decades-long prison sentence handed a 19-year-old rape survivor in El Salvador after she suffered pregnancy-related complications is a terrifying example of the need the country to urgently repeal...

Two decades of attacks on political opponents, independent journalists and human rights activists have created a climate of fear in Rwanda ahead of next month’s election, Amnesty International warned...

Human rights activist Idil Eser held along with nine others after workshop raided ‘This is the first time in our history that Amnesty International has a director and chair from a single country both...

‘A continuation of present policies would have disastrous consequences for the people of Syria’ - Samah Hadid The lives of millions of Syrian civilians hang in the balance as Donald Trump and Vladimir...

Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained yesterday (July 5) along with seven other human rights defenders, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK...

Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained on Wednesday along with seven other human rights defenders and two trainers during a digital security and...