Press releases in 2018

‘Amnesty International is deeply concerned about Brett Kavanaugh’s record on a range of … human rights issues’ - Margaret Huang Amnesty International has called for a halt to a vote on President...

Responding to a statement by Addis Ababa’s police commissioner Major General Degefe Bede that nearly 3,000 youths were arrested in the capital Addis Ababa over the weekend, and that 174 would be...

The Panama Maritime Authority has revoked the registration of the search and rescue ship, Aquarius, operated by SOS Mediterranée and Médecins Sans Frontières, reportedly after pressure from the...

‘The Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release him’ - Natalia Zviagina Responding to news that Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny was re-arrested today, minutes after...

China must end its campaign of systematic repression and shed light on the fate of up to one million predominantly Muslim people arbitrarily detained in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR)...

Statistics show boys and men between 12 and 29 years old most likely to be killed ‘President Maduro should guarantee the right to life, instead of taking the lives of the country's young people’ -...

A mother who bought her daughter abortion pills will challenge her prosecution in a Belfast court today If challenge fails she could face a criminal trial and up to five years in prison ‘Five years of...

Following a decision by a Hungarian appeal court today to uphold the conviction of Ahmed H, a Syrian man sentenced to prison last November for “ complicity in act of terror” during clashes with border...

Amnesty International and the Family Planning Association have today welcomed the launch of an inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee on abortion in Northern Ireland. The inquiry will consider...

Amnesty International and the Family Planning Association have today welcomed the launch of an inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee on abortion in Northern Ireland. The inquiry will consider...