Press releases in 2018

Aleksei Navalny and his supporters targeted, including those using ‘giant yellow duck’ opposition symbol New briefing details ‘severe clampdown’ on protests ‘This election campaign has been marred by...

Responding to the conviction of Ahmed H, a Syrian man prosecuted for committing an alleged “act of terror” during clashes with Hungarian police at the Serbia-Hungary border in September 2016, Eda...

Responding to news that the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte has said that the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) today, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s...

Actors, musicians and artists including Peter Capaldi, Neil Gaiman, the Kaiser Chiefs, and Anita Rani have urged their MPs to vote on changes to restrictive UK laws On Friday 16 March, Angus MacNeil’s...

The Spanish authorities are using counter-terror laws to crack down on online creativity in a chilling attack on freedom of expression, a new report from Amnesty International has warned today. The 16...

Munther Amira becomes latest peaceful protester jailed in occupied West Bank ‘Yet again, the Israeli authorities are responding to peaceful protest with arbitrary imprisonment’ - Magdalena Mughrabi...

Responding to news that UN officials have called for approximately £720 million in assistance for the huge numbers of Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty...

Myanmar’s military is involved in a land grab on a dramatic scale in Rakhine State, with the authorities building security force bases on land where Rohingya villages were burned to the ground just...

Reacting to news that Australia and Papua New Guinea have begun deporting men from the controversial Manus Island detention facility, Kate Schuetze, Amnesty Australia’s Refugee Researcher, said: "No...

Amnesty International has called on the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley to urgently release funding for legacy inquests following a ruling by Justice Sir Paul Girvan that Arlene...