Report
No safe refuge: Asylum-seekers and refugees denied effective protection in Turkey
The European Union (EU) must immediately halt plans to return asylum-seekers to Turkey on the false pretence that it is…
June 2, 2016
Press Release
EU reckless refugee returns to Turkey illegal
The European Union (EU) must immediately halt plans to return asylum-seekers to Turkey on the false pretence that it is…
June 2, 2016
Press Release
Greek decision highlights fundamental flaws in EU-Turkey refugee deal
A Syrian national who arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos has won an appeal against a decision that would…
May 20, 2016
Press Release
Greece: Refugees detained in dire conditions amid rush to implement EU-Turkey deal
 Thousands of refugees and migrants are being held arbitrarily in appalling conditions amid growing uncertainty, fear and despair over…
April 7, 2016
Press Release
Illegal mass returns of Syrian refugees from Turkey expose fatal flaws in EU-Turkey deal
Large-scale forced returns of refugees from Turkey to war-ravaged Syria expose the fatal flaws in a refugee deal signed between…
April 1, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International Protesters Threatened by Turkish Security in Washington
Today a delegation of Amnesty International USA staff and volunteers protested human rights abuses in Turkey in front of the…
March 31, 2016
Press Release
Obama Must Urge an End to the Onslaught on Kurds During Turkish President’s Visit, Says Amnesty International USA
President Obama has the opportunity to address serious human rights concerns with world leaders who will be in Washington for…
March 29, 2016
Press Release
Turkey forcibly returns dozens of refugees to Afghanistan hours after EU deal
Turkey’s forcible return of around 30 Afghan asylum seekers just hours after the European Union (EU)-Turkey refugee deal came into…
March 22, 2016
Press Release
EU-Turkey refugee deal a historic blow to rights
European leaders’ collective ‘double-speak’ fails to hide the myriad of contradictions of the deal sealed between the EU and Turkey…
March 18, 2016
Press Release
Turkey: Amnesty International condemns bombing in Ankara’s Kızılay
Just after 6.30pm yesterday evening an explosion hit Kızılay, a public transport hub in central Ankara. According to the authorities,…
March 14, 2016
Press Release
EU Turkey Summit: EU and Turkish leaders deal death blow to the right to seek asylum
The persistent preoccupation with shipping people back to Turkey instead of making unconditional efforts on resettlement and offering other safe…
March 8, 2016
Press Release
Zaman newspaper taken over as Turkish government steamrolls press freedom
Today’s government takeover of Zaman newspaper is the latest deeply troubling episode of the Turkish authorities’ ongoing onslaught on dissenting…
March 4, 2016