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Poland: Police raids on women's rights groups a form of 'harassment'

Responding to the news that women’s rights groups in Poland were raided on Wednesday, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK said: “These heavy-handed police tactics amount to harassment of...

London panel event with Syrian women campaigning for detainees and the 'disappeared'

LONDON, MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2017 ‘No-one is free until we’re all free’ Amnesty International UK and The Syria Campaign are hosting an event with a prominent group of Syrian women in London on Monday 9...

Yemen: UN has 'caved in to pressure' in report on Saudi coalition child deaths

Report says that 683 children were killed or injured by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen in 2016 UK still selling billions of pounds worth of arms to Saudi Arabia ‘While we welcome the overdue...

Myanmar: Amnesty letter accuses ASEAN regional body of 'failing' Rohingya

Southeast Asian leaders must take urgent steps to address grave human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar, Amnesty International said in a letter sent to the chair of the Association of...

European governments return nearly 10,000 Afghans to risk of death and torture - new report

European governments are wrong to claim parts of Afghanistan are safe - 2016 was deadliest year on record for civilians and 2017 is going the same way More than 75% of Afghan asylum-seekers in UK have...

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh must not be forced home to abuse and discrimination

The international community must help ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar as long as they are at risk of serious human rights violations following the army’s vicious campaign...

Northern Ireland: campaigners seek marriage equality commitments from parties

Campaigners meeting party leaders today as moves to return to devolved government continue ‘We want to see a return to devolved government and, with that, a watertight commitment to ensure the passage...

Catalan referendum: Dangerous use of force by Spanish police confirmed by Amnesty

Spanish authorities must carry out a swift, thorough and impartial investigation after Amnesty International observers in Catalonia confirmed excessive and unnecessary use of force by police...

Zimbabwe: Journalist arrested for Grace Mugabe 'underwear donation' story

In response to the arrest of Newsday journalist Kenneth Nyangani for reporting that Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe and officials from the ruling ZANU-PF party donated used clothes, including night...

Russia: latest Navalny jailing condemned

Aleksei Navalny and fellow campaigner Leonid Volkov sentenced to 20 days’ detention ‘It is a blatant attempt by the Russian authorities to suppress and suffocate any dissenting voices’ - Denis...