Press releases in 2018

‘The United States could be sending people to their deaths’ - Marselha Gonçalves Margerin Responding to today’s announcement by the USA’s Department of Homeland Security that “Temporary Protected...

TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018, 1-2PM English PEN, along with Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders, will stage a lunchtime vigil tomorrow (1-2pm) at the Saudi Arabia Embassy in London for the...

The retrial of Ahmed H, a Syrian man sentenced to 10 years in prison for throwing stones during clashes with guards at the at the Serbia-Hungary border, will continue today. Ahmed was arrested and...

Today’s trial of a Tibetan language activist, who could face up to 15 years in jail for “inciting separatism”, has exposed how ludicrously unjust the case against him is, Amnesty International has...

Protest leaders could face the death penalty for ‘enmity against God’ ‘Peaceful protest is a right, and many people in Iran want to exercise that right’ - Philip Luther The Iranian authorities must...

'Today’s announcement could signal the end of an era of bloody repression in Ethiopia' - Fisseha Tekle Responding to an announcement by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn that all political...

Given death sentence for allegedly collaborating with Israel ‘The Huthi authorities must end their persecution of the Baha’i community and respect their right to freedom of religion’ - Philip Luther...