Press releases in 2018

British national Matthew Hedges convicted of ‘spying’ in relation to his academic study ‘This is clearly an unsound conviction’ - Devin Kenney Commenting on news that Matthew Hedges, the British PhD...

A news editor facing a criminal investigation over an article that criticised the Singapore government is the latest victim of an escalating crackdown on freedom of expression in the country, Amnesty...

More than 60 women celebrities make an intervention on Northern Ireland abortion in letter to Theresa May Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, Claudia Winkleman, Sharon Horgan, Meera Syal and Vivienne...

Several Saudi Arabian activists detained in the country’s Dhahban Prison have reportedly faced sexual harassment, torture and other forms of ill-treatment during interrogation, Amnesty International...

Amnesty and the Refugee Council of Australia report paints stark picture of a traumatised refugee population hit hard by health and counselling cuts “Australia and regional countries must end the hell...

Children in Egypt have been subjected to military trials, charged based on “confessions” obtained through torture and kept in solitary confinement, according to new findings published by Amnesty...

Médecins Sans Frontiers have today reported that Italy has ordered the seizure of the search and rescue ship, Aquarius, for alleged illegal waste treatment. Responding to the reports, Steve Valdez...

Trial of nine pro-democracy leaders to start tomorrow “This prosecution is an act of retaliation aimed at silencing the pro-democracy movement” – Man-kei Tam The Hong Kong government must drop the...

The government's Prevent strategy - which forms one strand of the government's overarching counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST - seeks to pre-empt acts of terrorism by identifying those at risk of...

Security Council set to discuss the crisis at 8pm this evening ‘Hodeidah remains on a knife-edge’ - Sherine Tadros The UK is ‘just part of the problem’ unless it halts arms sales to Saudi Arabia...