Press releases in 2018

“We will keep working for those values and human rights that the government forgot a long time ago” - Julia Ivan Responding to news that Hungarian magazine, Figyelő, today published a list of...

Moscow court set to rule tomorrow on attempt from Russia’s media watchdog to block the service ‘They are targeting one of the most popular messaging apps in Russia simply for having the courage and...

Global human rights organisation Amnesty International announces an artistic collaboration with arts festival Nuart Aberdeen. The Scottish arts festival, now entering its second year, has appointed...

23 countries carried out executions, with nearly 22,000 people now on death row 40% of executions in Iran and Saudi Arabia were for drugs offences Some executions came after torture-extracted...

Following news that Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the release at least 56 opposition activists after they spent up to 84 days in arbitrary detention for protesting against the...

Amnesty International has today welcomed a letter from the New York City Bar Association calling on the UK Government to continue to focus on Northern Ireland’s legacy issues. The letter, addressed to...

Responding to the decision by a Myanmar court to continue with the criminal case against two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast...

Four year-old son suffering frostbite on hands and feet, was originally held with her Koo Jeong-hwa was expected to get life in one of North Korea’s notoriously secretive and brutal prison camps ‘This...

‘Women and girls who have abortions are not criminals and the law should not treat them as such’ - Grainne Teggart Belfast City Council will tonight debate a motion on the increasing number of women...

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty has praised the #MeToo movement as a powerful example of human rights activism. Mr Shetty said the global protest against sexual harassment showed...