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UK: Spying and policing of young children remains the consequence of Government's proposed new counter terror measures

Concern that new Youth Diversion Orders announced by the Home Secretary will continue to target children The Education sector is the largest source of Prevent referrals and children younger than ten...

UK: Amnesty response to data release from 'outdated and draconian' Vagrancy Act

The UK Government has today released analysis of the data on the number of people experiencing homelessness across Wales and England who have been charged and prosecuted using the outdated Vagrancy...

'Landmark case for press freedom' - Northern Ireland and Met police broke law spying on journalists

Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds police broke law and breached human rights of Northern Ireland journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney ‘Accountability must follow culpability and we now need...

Serbia: 'A Digital Prison' - Authorities using spyware to unlawfully hack journalists and activists

Cellebrite mobile forensic products can pose an enormous risk to those advocating for human rights Journalist phone was secretly unlocked by police and infected with spyware ‘Serbian authorities have...

Georgia: Extreme police brutality, torture and hospitalisations in violent crackdown against protesters

More than 460 people have been detained so far, with around 300 reporting severe beatings and other ill-treatment Protests have been met with unlawful force, including tear gas, rubber bullets and...

Sudan: SAF airstrike on crowded market a flagrant war crime

International law prohibits attacks on civilian objects and requires the parties to a conflict to minimise civilian harm ‘Bombing a market full of civilians is one of the clearest examples of a war...

UK: Syrian refugees must not be left stuck in 'asylum limbo'

New briefing - ‘Syrian refugees and the fall of Assad’ - calls for a speedy resumption to decision-making and for the future of the Syrian people to be prioritised over any short- sighted ambition to...

Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes which killed at least 49 civilians are probable war crimes

Detailed new briefing provides evidence of Israeli forces unlawfully attacking residential and municipal buildings One attack destroyed a building housing 13 members of one family, killing two women...

Wales: UK Government figures show children under 15 targeted by discriminatory counter-terrorism approach

The Education sector accounted for the highest source of people reported to the Prevent duty More than half (50.9%) of people reported in Wales were children aged 0-15 ‘The Welsh Government can stand...

Saudi Arabia: confirmation as 2034 World Cup host 'will put many lives at risk'

‘FIFA has shown its commitment to human rights to be a sham’ - Steve Cockburn Following today’s confirmation of Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup at FIFA’s extraordinary congress, 21...