Press releases in 2018

‘This country has not held any officials accountable for the use of torture’ - Daphne Eviatar Responding to news that the US Senate Intelligence Committee has recommended that the Senate approve the...

‘The EU is turning a blind eye to the suffering caused by its callous immigration policies that outsource border control to Libya’ - Heba Morayef A surge in migrants and refugees intercepted at sea by...

Following the conclusion of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to the UK, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “Theresa May was right to raise human rights with...

‘If new charges are levelled against Nazanin, they’re likely to be as baseless as the original ones’ - Kerry Moscogiuri Responding to reports that the jailed UK-Iranian dual-national Nazanin Zaghari...

Exclusive investigation used digital forensic techniques and malware analysis to uncover hacking methods Fake Facebook and Google login pages trick victims into sharing passwords and personal...

‘While some protesters may have engaged in some form of violence, this still does not justify the use of live ammunition’ - Philip Luther Responding to reports that dozens of Palestinians have been...

Increased global activism is crucial to pressuring Brazilian authorities into solving the killing of Marielle Franco, Amnesty International said today, two months after she was shot dead in Rio de...

‘It is a dark day when the Egyptian authorities are more concerned with silencing a woman who speaks out about sexual harassment than taking steps to address the issue’ - Najia Bounaim Amnesty...

Amnesty International has today given a cautious welcome to the Northern Ireland Office’s publication of a consultation on addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past. The proposals mirror that...

Noura Hussein was forced into marriage aged 16 and raped by her husband for refusing to consummate a marriage she opposed Court refused to recognise rape within marriage Sudanese law allows children...