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Hong Kong: National anthem law 'insult to freedom of expression'

Booing Chinese anthem at football matches could lead to three-year jail sentence ‘The city’s rights and freedoms are under greater threat than ever before’ - Joshua Rosenzweig Responding to Hong Kong...

Philippines: UN report on failed 'war on drugs' reveals urgent need for international investigation

‘War’ has seen thousands murdered by police as part of a widespread and systematic attack against poor communities President Duterte has explicitly encouraged police to commit extrajudicial executions...

UK: domestic abuse survivors urge MPs to protect all victims

The Domestic Abuse Committee will hear evidence from survivors today Survivors from the Latin American Women’s Rights Service and Southall Black Sisters call for equal protections for migrant women...

UK: Rise in homelessness in wake of COVID-19 could lead to 'human rights catastrophe'

Responding to new research from national homelessness charity Crisis which reveals that over half of frontline services have seen a rise in homelessness in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Kate...

UK: COVID-19 review 'failing' BAME people

Responding to the publication of Public Health England’s review on BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) COVID-19 deaths, Kate Allen, Amnesty International’s UK Director, said: “This painfully...

Cambodia: Reforms to tackle prison overcrowding ‘must go further and put human rights at the core of drug policy’

At the beginning of the year, Cambodia’s largest prison facility exceeded 9,500 prisoners – which is 463% over its maximum capacity of 2,050 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch want reforms...

Northern Ireland: DUP motion has no impact on hard-won abortion law

In response to the passing of a DUP motion on abortion that was debated in the Northern Ireland Assembly today, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland campaign manager, said: “This...

Russia: anti-Putin shaman confined to psychiatric hospital

Last year, Aleksandr Gabyshev walked more nearly 3,000 kilometres on epic journey toward Moscow ‘Aleksandr Gabyshev has been made an enemy of the state solely for voicing his dislike of Putin’ - Denis...

USA: President Trump tramples right to protest

Re sponding to remarks by President Donald Trump late last night in the Rose Garden, Ernest Coverson, the End Gun Violence campaign manager at Amnesty International USA, said: “The violence that can...

Northern Ireland: women 'failed and forgotten' amidst attempts to roll back abortion rights

Amnesty opposes DUP motion and Sinn Féin amendment that would support restricting abortion rights Meanwhile women and girls left without vital abortion services, despite regulations being in place for...