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1 October referendum: Amnesty International denounces excessive use of force by National Police and Civil Guard in Catalonia

Amnesty International observers confirm the dangerous and inappropriate use of riot control equipment, including beating of defenceless people offering no resistance, and calls for a swift, thorough...

Saudi Arabia carries out 100th execution of the year

‘Since July, the Saudi Arabian government has been on an execution spree with an average of five people put to death per week’ - Lynn Maalouf The Saudi Arabian authorities have today carried out their...

Egypt: 22 more arrests in biggest crackdown on LGBTI community for a decade-and-a-half

33 now in custody, with arrests in Cairo, Giza and Damietta Crackdown comes after rainbow flag raised at music concert ‘The Egyptian authorities’ announcement that they are investigating the rainbow...

Letter to UK Ambassador to Iran calls for jailed Britons' cases to be raised this week

Letter to Nicholas Hopton comes ahead of major Europe-Iran business meeting in Zurich Mr Hopton urged to call for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi’s release Amnesty International and...

Las Vegas shooting must lead to action on US gun violence

‘The US government must … address gun violence as the human rights crisis that it is’ - Margaret Huang Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA’s Executive...

CAMEROON: Police shooting that led to deaths of protestors must be urgently investigated

Following reports that several people had been shot dead by security forces in massive protests - some of which turned violent - in the Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, Ilaria Allegrozzi, Amnesty...

MANUS ISLAND: Tragic refugee death could have been avoided

Responding to the news of the tragic death of a refugee on Manus Island, Kate Schuetze, Pacific Researcher at Amnesty International said: “This tragic and avoidable death is the sixth death related to...

Catalan referendum: Police must not use excessive or disproportionate force

Responding to clashes between police and protesters around today's Catalan referendum, John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International Europe and Central Asia Director said: "Spanish police have clearly been...

Egypt: six men face abusive anal examinations in homophobic crackdown following rainbow flag incident

'Forced anal examinations are abhorrent and amount to torture' - Najia Bounaim Six men arrested for "promoting sexual deviancy" and "debauchery" on social media will be subjected to invasive forensic...

Yemen: 'breakthrough' UN resolution establishes expert group to investigate human rights violations during lengthy conflict

'This resolution is a victory for Yemenis' - Anna Neistat A resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council today, authorising the establishment of group of international experts to investigate...