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Amnesty calls for condemnation of far-right violence after clashes in Glasgow

Amnesty International today urged authorities in Scotland to take all feasible measures to ensure the protection of peaceful protesters and respect their right to freedom of assembly in the face of...

Nigeria: Shell still failing to clean up pollution in Niger Delta

Only 11% of contaminated sites have even seen clean-up operations begin Thousands of Ogoni people still facing serious health risks, some unable to access safe drinking water Supreme Court to hear...

Northern Ireland: MPs vote through abortion regulations with strong majority

MPs have voted to confirm Northern Ireland’s abortion regulations with a majority of 253 votes to 136. This is the final parliamentary stage and means the regulations will continue to underpin...

China: Human rights lawyer jailed for four years must be released

Responding to the four-year jail sentence handed to Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng after a secret trial, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin said: “Yu...

USA: Trump's executive order on policing a 'band-aid for a bullet wound'

Responding to an Executive Order by US President Donald Trump on policing, Kristina Roth, Amnesty International USA’s Senior Programmes Officer on Criminal Justice, said: "President Trump’s Executive...

Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway's contact-tracing apps among most privacy-infringing

COVID-19 apps putting privacy and security of hundreds of thousands at risk U-turn from Norwegian Government yesterday welcomed ‘Privacy must not be another casualty as governments rush to roll out...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty and CAJ raise concerns over laws restricting protest ahead of Assembly debate

Human rights organisations concerned at last-minute law changes and PSNI action against Black Lives Matter protests Amnesty International UK and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)...

Northern Ireland: Lords approve abortion regulations with 'huge majority'

The House of Lords has voted to approve Northern Ireland’s abortion regulations 355 to 77. The regulations will now go to the House of Commons where they will complete the parliamentary process...

Zimbabwe: persecution of tortured female opposition leaders continues as they are denied bail

Joana Mamombe Cecilia Chinembiri and Netsai Marova charged with falsifying their abduction and torture ‘The Zimbabwean authorities must end this travesty’ - Muleya Mwananyanda In response to today’s...

Norway: 'Deeply intrusive' COVID-19 contact-tracing app halted

Move comes after Amnesty raises privacy concerns with near-live tracking of users’ locations ‘It is the right decision to press pause and go back to the drawing board’ - Claudio Guarnieri The...