Press releases in 2017

Responding to a notice issued by Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities this morning at the Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island stating that refugees must leave the centre by November 11 or be...

‘Deeply discriminatory’ bill comes after rainbow flag LGBTI crackdown, with at least 75 arrested Those convicted could be jailed for 15 years Authorities could publicly ‘shame’ those jailed by...

The death yesterday of Chinese writer and government critic Yang Tongyan underlines an alarming lack of accountability over the deaths of activists released on medical parole, Amnesty International...

Responding to news that Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, will formally apologise to gay men convicted of sexual offences that are no longer illegal, Kate Nevens, Amnesty International’s...

Critical services - including food, water and medical treatment - must be restored to the more than 600 refugees and vulnerable men inside Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island before a major...

The European Court of Human Rights will hear a landmark case on surveillance tomorrow (7 November) as part of a challenge to the lawfulness of the UK’s surveillance laws and its intelligence agencies’...

‘We’re calling for a much more robust response from the authorities’ - Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland appears to be “in the midst of a hate crime epidemic” after a series of racist hate crimes were...

Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cruixat have already been in detention for nearly three weeks Call for sedition charge to be dropped Amnesty International is concerned at today’s decision by a Spanish judge...

Amnesty International has reacted to today’s news that Zimbabwean police have charged a US woman Martha O’Donovan on suspicion of insulting President Robert Mugabe by calling him a “selfish and sick...

‘This is a seminal moment for the ICC’ - Solomon Sacco Amnesty International has welcomed the news that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has said today she would...