Press releases in 2018

The European Court of Human Rights will tomorrow (Tuesday 20 March) deliver their judgement in the case of the ‘hooded men’. The case involves the torture and ill-treatment of the 14 so-called ‘hooded...

Since last night (16 March), at least 139 peaceful demonstrators in the Maldives have been detained. The demonstrators were protesting the recently declared state of emergency , and for the release of...

MPs from across the political divide voted today in favour of changing the law to enable families divided by conflict and persecution to be reunited in Britain. A Private Member’s Bill from the SNP’s...

64,000-name petition handed in to Andrew Holness’ office on International Day Against Police Brutality Shackelia Jackson, whose brother Nakiea was killed by police in 2014, among delegation to PM’s...

The targeted assassination of Marielle Franco, a human rights defender and Rio de Janiero city councillor known for denouncing police abuses and extrajudicial executions, is a sickening development...

Amnesty has verified a video posted to Facebook showing Malagasy police beating and humiliating dozens of villagers, in the same town where law enforcement officials turned on citizens and set fire to...

New testimonies reflect despair of residents living in basements without food, water or medicine ‘Every year we think it is just not possible for parties to the conflict to inflict more suffering on...

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia must take a strong stand against ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar as they meet this weekend...

Olena Shevchenko, an organiser of the International Women’s Day marches that took place in Ukraine earlier this month and were met with extreme right-wing violence, is due in court today, for alleged...

A groundbreaking research project by Amnesty International has exposed evidence of serious negligence by oil giants Shell and Eni, whose irresponsible approach to oil spills in the Niger Delta is...