Press releases in 2017

AP investigation puts civilian death toll at between 9,000 and 11,000 - with Iraqi and Coalition share ten times higher than earlier estimates ‘The failure of Iraqi and coalition forces to acknowledge...

Responding to news that the Myanmar authorities have denied access to the country for UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia and the...

The secretive judicial execution of two men earlier today (Tuesday) reflects the Japanese government’s unrepentant contempt for the right to life, Amnesty International said. Teruhiko Seki, 44, who...

‘The Russian authorities are simply sweeping up anyone who participated in order to punish them for daring to speak out’ - Oksana Pokalchuk Reacting to the simultaneous trials today of more than 70...

The Nepali government’s failure to crack down on recruitment agencies charging illegal fees for jobs abroad is leaving migrant workers trapped in a vicious cycle of debt and exploitation, Amnesty...

President Andrzej Duda must veto amendments adopted by the Polish parliament today which, if signed into law, will effectively subject the judiciary to the political control of the government, Amnesty...

Only family members explicitly allowed to join adult refugees in the UK are their spouse or partner and their dependent children under the age of 18 Child refugees who arrive alone in the UK have no...

Unimaginable acts of violence have killed tens of thousands, with thousands more subjected to sexual violence and four million forced to flee their homes Sustained international action is urgently...

Our new report reveals the human cost of the UK's policies of using routine and indefinite immigration detention.

Responding to news that 38 people were executed in Iraq today for ‘terrorism’ offences, Lynn Maalouf, Middle East Research Director at Amnesty International, said: “By carrying out yet another mass...