Press releases in 2018

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli was sentenced to six years in prison today, following his arrest on trumped-up charges in Azerbaijan. Mukhtarli fled from Azerbaijan to Georgia in 2014 following fear of...

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty that protester Khomsi el-Yerfeni, who died during Monday’s protest, was run over twice by a police car 'Unrest on Tunisia’s streets must not give the police a green...

41 detainees still at camp, including Toffiq al-Bihani, a Yemeni man held without charge or trial since early 2003 ‘This abominable detention facility must be shut down once and for all’ - Erika...

Fresh call for UN Fact-Finding Mission to be given access to country ‘Such behaviour shows a contempt for human life which is simply beyond comprehension’ - James Gomez Following today’s admission by...

‘If implemented properly, this long-overdue reform will spare hundreds from the gallows’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to news that Iran will implement amended drugs laws and remove capital...

The attacks on Taha Siddiqui and other Pakistani journalists must be immediately and effectively investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International said today. Taha Siddiqui was driving to...

‘The shroud of secrecy and lack of transparency over what happened to these detainees is alarming’ - Magdalena Mughrabi The Iranian authorities must immediately investigate reports that at least five...

Responding to a spate of killings in Nigeria over the past week by herdsmen and ethnic militias which have left dozens dead across the states of Benue, Kaduna, Rivers and Taraba, Director of Amnesty...

‘The Syrian government is cynically using these seriously injured and ill people as bargaining chips’ - Kristyan Benedict Amnesty International is calling on the Syrian government to allow the urgent...

The Myanmar authorities must immediately release two Reuters journalists who have been arbitrarily detained for investigating military abuses in Rakhine State, Amnesty International said. The two...