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40 countries including the UK where cases involving torture and other ill-treatment using electric shock equipment have been documented 197 companies manufactured or promoted direct contact electric...
Amnesty’s new report ‘Automated Racism’ reveals dangerous discrimination in police prediction tools All police forces in Wales attempt to predict crime by profiling communities Black people more...
Four attacks on healthcare facilities and vehicles which killed 19 healthcare workers investigated Israeli military has not provided sufficient justifications or specific evidence of military targets...
‘We are long past the point of Israel merely risking violations of international law’ – Karla McLaren Responding to the debate in parliament on Palestinian rights today, Karla McLaren, Amnesty...
UN gives a damning view on failing performance of politicians on fundamental human rights A domino effect of poor housing, a broken social security system and inadequate healthcare is leaving...
Thousands of Ukrainians are currently held in captivity in Russia and occupied Ukraine, facing torture, enforced disappearance, and incommunicado detention ‘They beat me with stun guns, these special...
In response to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuting the death sentence of Rocky Myers, TJ Riggs, Alabama State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Amnesty International USA said the following: “We...
Keir Starmer raised case of Alaa Abdel Fattah during a call with Egyptian President today The timing is urgent – Alaa’s mother, Laila Soueif, is critically ill in hospital having spent more than 150...
Negotiations over the second phase of the ceasefire set to begin Release of civilian hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians must be immediate and not hinge on ceasefire negotiations ‘The...
Serious human rights violations in context of state of emergency, with over 84,000 detentions and hundreds of reports of torture Reports that more than 1,000 children and adolescents have been...