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Egypt: release of Ibrahim Halawa welcomed, but jailing should never have happened

‘It is utterly outrageous that he was forced to spend a single minute of his young life behind bars’ - Najia Bounaim Today’s release of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa is a resounding victory for those...

UK: Supreme Court to hear challenge to Northern Ireland abortion law

Amnesty International will be an intervenor in a significant Supreme Court case next week challenging Northern Ireland’s abortion law. Sarah Ewart, whose first pregnancy was given a fatal foetal...

Russia: activist fined under 'homosexual propaganda law' for Facebook posts

Evdokia Romanova fined for posting links to Guardian and BuzzFeed LGBTI stories ‘The accusations against Evdokia Romanova and her trial were absurd’ - Denis Krivosheev The Russian authorities must...

Australian firm Canstruct takes over 'abusive' refugee centre contract at Nauru

The Australian civil engineering company Canstruct International Pty Ltd (‘Canstruct’) has taken on a highly-controversial contract to run facilities on Nauru where the Australian government has...

Myanmar: Harrowing new evidence proves systematic campaign of crimes against humanity to drive Rohingya out

The Myanmar security forces’ targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder, rape and burning has forced more than 530,000 Rohingya men, women and children from Rakhine State in a matter of...

Turkey: court accepts 'fantastical' terrorism charges against Amnesty Director and 10 other prominent activists

The 11 activists, including Amnesty Turkey’s director and chair, face up to 15 years behind bars Allegations against 11 human rights activists, including Amnesty International Turkey's director and...

Iranian authorities urged to halt execution of 17-year-old boy later this week

If execution of Amirhossein Pourjafar goes ahead it will be the fifth of a juvenile offender this year alone Pourjafar is one of more than 90 people on death row for crimes committed as children ‘The...

New performance of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe play, followed by Q/A with Richard Ratcliffe

LONDON, MONDAY 23 OCTOBER 2017 Amnesty International is hosting a special performance of the play about the jailed British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at its east London headquarters on...

Boris Johnson urged to ban goods from Israeli settlements

‘All settlement goods are tainted by illegality and the UK Government should put a stop to the trade in these goods’ - Kate Allen The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is being asked to ban the sale in...

Iraq: one year on from start of battle for Mosul, 'catastrophe' for civilians still not recognised

Many civilians still buried under the rubble UK military should release precise information about its attacks Marking the one-year point today since Iraqi forces and a US-led military coalition...