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Afghanistan: women human rights activists voice intense frustration at life under Taliban

New consultation with 150 members of Afghan civil society shows women and others feeling ignored by the international community Taliban continue to commit human rights violations against the Afghan...

US: $20 billion weapons package to Israel would be a disgrace

In response to the announcement that the U.S. State Department has approved new weapons sales to the Israeli government totalling $20 billion, Nadia Daar, Amnesty International USA’s Chief Strategy...

Bangladesh: interim government must take 'concrete action' to address injustices toward minorities

Hindus, Ahmadis and other minority communities have been targeted since Sheikh Hasina’s resignation ‘Revenge culture’ needs to end - Babu Ram Pant Responding to a statement yesterday from the interim...

Ecuador: Gas flaring is endangering the Amazon and the future of the planet - New Report

Despite court ruling, Ecuadorian government continues to allow dangerous flaring as it seeks to maintain oil production Ecuadorian Amazon has become an ‘oil sacrifice zone’ with marginalised...

UK: Failure to tackle institutional racism is root cause of racist violence unfolding on the streets - new report

As far-right violence threaten people of colour, leading charities warn the UK is failing international human rights obligations on race Racist and Islamophobic violence unfolding on the streets of...

Northern Ireland: ‘zero tolerance’ for racism call at Belfast rally

Anti-racism march to Belfast City Hall ‘This week of shame must be a wake-up call for our politicians and the police. There must be zero tolerance for racism’ – Patrick Corrigan Patrick Corrigan...

Saudi Arabia: retired teacher has death penalty for social media posts quashed

Mohammad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, 55, is still in detention and awaiting news of his fate Al-Ghamdi’s brother, living in exile in UK, may have been the Saudi authorities’ real target ‘The court must now...

UK: response to new homelessness figures

Responding to the Government's latest quarterly statutory homelessness figures , Jen Clark, Economic and Social Rights Lead at Amnesty International UK, said: “Homelessness is a fundamental human...

UK: Supreme Court refuses to hear Shamima Begum's appeal against 'profoundly wrong' citizenship stripping

Responding to news that the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal against a decision to revoke Shamima Begum’s citizenship, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant...

Thailand: dissolution of opposition party is 'untenable' decision and should be reversed

Executives of Move Forward Party - Thailand’s biggest political opposition party - now have a ten-year ban on running for office Party’s campaign for reform of controversial lèse-majesté law used to...