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Turkey: Amnesty Chair to be released after more than a year behind bars“We are overjoyed at this news. It has taken us more than a year of campaigning and struggle to get here, but it appears that Taner will finally be freed" - Kumi Naidoo
Press release 15 Aug 2018 -
Syria film/discussion event will highlight plight of prisoners in Assad's jailsGovernment jails in Syria are notoriously overcrowded
Press release 14 Aug 2018 -
Italy and Malta's refusal to accept refugee rescue ship is 'pure cruelty'Authorities in Italy and Malta have closed their ports to the Aquarius, with 141 people aboard - including 73 children
Press release 14 Aug 2018 -
Egypt: no justice for 900 Rabaa Massacre victims, as mass show trial continuesAll 739 defendants have been charged with participating in unauthorised protests
Press release 14 Aug 2018 -
Gambia: families of activists persecuted by brutal regime still seeking justice'We Never Gave Up' - film screening and Q&A
Press release 13 Aug 2018 -
USA: state of Nebraska set to carry out first execution in 21 years‘The US capital justice system is fundamentally broken’ - Kristina Roth
Press release 13 Aug 2018 -
Cameroon: 'Shocking' new video shows more brutal executions by armed forcesA horrifying video obtained by Amnesty International shows Cameroonian security forces shooting at least a dozen unarmed people during a military operation in the Far North region of the country.
Press release 10 Aug 2018 -
Argentina: Senate rejection of abortion bill an 'unforgivable step backwards'Argentine lawmakers have turned their backs on hundreds of thousands of women and girls
Press release 09 Aug 2018 -
Bangladesh: Release of Briton Hasnat Karim 'long overdue'“It’s a huge relief that Hasnat Karim can finally be reunited with his family after his inhumane detention by the Bangladeshi authorities. His release is long overdue."
Press release 09 Aug 2018 -
Spiralling death toll in Central Med a 'deadly consequence' of European policies - new report“European governments are more concerned with keeping people out than they are with saving lives” - Matteo de Bellis
Press release 08 Aug 2018 -
Egypt: trial of woman who posted video about sexual harassment is 'shocking'She ‘should be applauded for her courage, not put on trial’ - Najia Bounaim
Press release 08 Aug 2018 -
Bahrain: London embassy hunger strike highlights plight of four frail prisoners‘These men are elderly, frail and suffering’ - Lynn Maalouf
Press release 07 Aug 2018 -
Bangladesh: Photographer facing 14 years declared prisoner of consciencePress release 07 Aug 2018
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Bangladesh: Release photographer and end violent student crackdownPress release 06 Aug 2018
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Leading human rights organisations make fresh call on Theresa May to set up torture inquiry'A curtain has been lifted to reveal some of the grisly reality of UK officials’ involvement in torture'
Press release 06 Aug 2018 -
Syria: US-led Coalition accepts responsibility for Raqqa deaths documented by AmnestyCall on Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson to ‘set the record straight’
Press release 06 Aug 2018 -
Zimbabwe: authorities must rein in security forces and end mass arrestsPress release 03 Aug 2018 -
Russia's refusal to allow Amnesty access to jailed Ukrainian film-maker 'indefensible''After almost three months on hunger strike, there are grave concerns for his health'
Press release 03 Aug 2018 -
China: Detention of activist mid-interview is 'shocking and outrageous'The detention of prominent activist Sun Wenguang as he gave a live interview in China is a disturbing example of how the authorities are determined to silence dissidents, Amnesty International said.
Press release 03 Aug 2018
