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Open letter on the UK's 'Prevent' counter-terrorism strategy

The government's Prevent strategy - which forms one strand of the government's overarching counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST - seeks to pre-empt acts of terrorism by identifying those at risk of...

Yemen: UN must ensure civilians in Hodeidah are protected

Security Council set to discuss the crisis at 8pm this evening ‘Hodeidah remains on a knife-edge’ - Sherine Tadros The UK is ‘just part of the problem’ unless it halts arms sales to Saudi Arabia...

Turkey: Brutal crackdown continues with new wave of activist arrests

Turkish authorities have today detained 13 activists in connection with the investigation into jailed human rights defender Osman Kavala. Responding to the detentions, Andrew Gardner, Amnesty...

Libya: migrants refusing to disembark ship must not be forced into detention

At least 79 refugees and migrants in Misratah port at risk of torture if forced to disembark in Libya ‘Nivin’ cargo ship appears to have breached international law in taking dozens of migrants back to...

Gangs Matrix: Damning report into data breach reinforces Amnesty call for Met Police overhaul

Responding the Information Commissioner’s Office investigation that found the Metropolitan Police Service’s Gangs Matrix breached data protection laws, Tanya O’Carroll, Amnesty International’s...

Cambodia: Genocide verdict is bitter, belated justice

Responding to the guilty verdict handed to Khmer Rouge cadres Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) today, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International...

Indonesia: Teacher jailed for 'recording sex threats' from school principal

An Indonesian high school teacher who has been jailed for recording abusive phone calls from her principal must be released, Amnesty International said today. After the Supreme Court yesterday decided...

Iran: two people executed for gold and currency market manipulation

Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmail Ghasemi condemned to death after grossly unfair televised show trial Responding to news that the Iranian authorities have executed two men convicted of financial...

Myanmar: 'Reckless' Rohingya repatriation plan puts thousands of lives at risk

The Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities must immediately halt plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Rakhine State, Amnesty International said today. A first wave of organised returns could begin as...

Gaza: new armed conflict risks accelerating territory's 'full collapse'

‘If the situation escalates into a fully-fledged armed conflict it would have a disastrous impact’ - Saleh Hegazi Responding to an escalation of hostilities between Israel and Palestinian armed groups...