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Press releases in 2018

Syria: witness testimony reveals details of chemical weapons attack on Saraqeb

‘They couldn’t breathe, they were coughing non-stop, they had red eyes and some were vomiting severely’ - nurse describing victims Amnesty International has gathered testimony which strongly points to...

Maldives: Release Supreme Court judges and opposition politicians immediately

The Maldivian government must immediately release judges and opposition politicians it has arbitrarily detained through emergency powers, Amnesty International said today. Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty...

China's 'ludicrous' claims for Swedish bookseller detention condemned

Responding to the Chinese authorities’ admission today that Gui Minhai, a bookseller with Swedish nationality, is again being detained and faces criminal charges, William Nee, Amnesty International’s...

Hong Kong: Court overturns unjust jail terms for Umbrella Movement leaders

Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law have sentences overturned In response to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal today overturning the jail sentences for three leaders of the pro-democracy Umbrella...

Maldives: State of emergency must not become 'a licence for further repression'

Amnesty International has warned that today’s 15-day declaration of a state of emergency in the Maldives must not become a licence for further repression. Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International...

Maldives: detained opposition politicians should be freed

‘Once again, dissent and critical voices are coming under attack in the Maldives’ - Dinushika Dissanayake The government of the Maldives should release arbitrarily detained members of the political...

South Sudan: USA's arms embargo on country should spur UN into wider action

Abuse-ridden conflict recently entered its fifth year Responding to news that the US government has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, now in its fifth year of an armed conflict that has led to...

Iran: at least six young human rights activists arrested in coordinated raids

‘We are extremely concerned that these individuals are now at risk of torture’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to reports that at least six young human rights activists - including Shima Babaei and...

Maldives: Overturned conviction of former president 'must mark a turning point'

Responding to news that the Supreme Court in the Maldives has overturned the conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism charges and ordered his release and re-trial - along with eight...

Ivory Coast: Communities at centre of toxic waste dump need answers

Eleven years after 540,000 litres of toxic waste were dumped in the Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan, victims are still in the dark about the potential long-term impacts on their health, Amnesty...