‘They may have been detained in relation to their human rights work’ - Said Boumedouha

Salil Shetty , Secretary General of Amnesty International, will visit Ukraine and Russia between 7-10 September and will be available for interview.

‘The execution of Steven Sotloff is a war crime’ - Philip Luther

‘They lay in agony waiting to die. They died a horrible death’ - survivor of massacre at Kocho village

The Israeli authorities’ outrageous plan to expropriate nearly 1,000 acres of land in the West Bank is illegal and must be rescinded immediately, said Amnesty International.

‘Khalil Ma’touq has disappeared into the yawning chasm of Syria’s secret and deeply frightening detention system’ - Kristyan Benedict

The execution of two men in Japan this morning is dismal news and part of a grim pattern of a return to the death penalty in Japan under Prime Minister Abe, Amnesty International said today.

‘Ministers should stop re-writing their own rules and remember they’re supposed to be stopping … human rights violations’