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It is with great sadness that Amnesty International has learned of the tragic deaths of its photographer Leila Alaoui and driver Mahamadi Ouédraogo, as a result of the Al Qaeda attack in the
Governments and aid agencies are failing to provide even basic protections to women refugees traveling from Syria and Iraq.
Abortion law reform protestors take to streets of Belfast, Dublin, London, Galway and Cork
The UK must end its unacceptable practice of indefinitely detaining people in immigration removal centres and radically reduce the numbers it locks up, Amnesty International UK said today in respon
On Wednesday 20 January (7pm) Amnesty International is holding an in-conversation event with the author and journalist Robin Yassin-Kassab, a leading expert on the conflict in Syria.
Thousands arrested under authoritarian new laws, with night-time raids and people questioned in street about their beards
The arrest of Samar Badawi, a prominent human rights defender and sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi, is the latest example of Saudi Arabi
Northern Ireland’s cruel and outdated abortion laws must be urgently reformed, said Amnesty International today in response to reports that a 21-year-old woman from Northern Ireland is at ris
‘Shaker Aamer’s chilling allegation that he was tortured in the presence of British agents in Afghanistan should be fully investigated’ - Kate Allen
“By forcibly returning more than 100 refugees to Syria the Lebanese government has stooped to a shocking new low and is putting these people in mortal danger” - Sherif Elsayed-A