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Press releases in 2019

Egypt: today's release of jailed photojournalist Shawkan was 'long overdue'

‘Outrageous’ daily 12-hour police station confinement measure must be lifted ‘Mahmoud Abou Zeid was arrested and imprisoned solely for doing his job as a journalist’ - Najia Bounaim Responding to news...

Northern Ireland: 'Press freedom at risk' as journalists face further police questions

Amnesty launches online campaign to support journalists arrested after exposing police collusion in Loughinisland massacre Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey worked on award-winning film ‘No Stone...

South Sudan executed as many people last month as it did in whole of last year

Seven men, including members of one family, hanged amid rise in executions “Executions have become the order of the day in South Sudan” - Seif Magango There has been a shocking rise in the use of the...

Argentina: Forced c-section of 11-year-old girl 'could amount to torture'

Responding to the news that doctors performed a caesarean section on an 11-year-old girl in Argentina, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “When this 11-year-old rape...