Press releases in 2017

Two leading Palestinian activists currently facing criminal charges for their peaceful protests against Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian territory will be attending an event in London next...

Reacting to today’s speech by Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the crisis in Rakhine State, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia...

442 convicted after ‘sham’ proceedings, with sentences ranging from five years to life The acquittal of young Irish national Ibrahim Halawa by a court in Egypt has been welcomed, though Amnesty...

More Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in the space of three weeks than the total number of people who fled by sea to Europe in 2016 Worldwide situation goes from bad to worse as rich...

More than 80 large-scale burning sites detected in Rakhine State in past three weeks Testimonies show attacks were planned, deliberate and systematic, with army using petrol or rocket launchers...

65 peaceful protests blocked in two years and more than 10 critical websites banned “Sinister role” of the Chadian security forces must be stopped Documented use of threatening anonymous phone calls...

The Peruvian government is neglecting the health of hundreds of Indigenous people whose only sources of water are contaminated by toxic metals and who lack access to adequate healthcare, Amnesty...

Media reports suggest government intends to strip tax benefit from Amnesty as punishment for its settlement goods campaign ‘Taking punitive action against Amnesty International over its settlements...

A quarter of a century after the start of the conflict, more than 20,000, survivors of wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still being denied justice, said Amnesty International in a...

Execution of Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, only 16 at time of alleged crime, would be in clear contravention of international law 83 already executed this year, with political dissidents and Shia minority...