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UK: Home Office should withdraw trade fair invite for Israeli spyware firm

Urgent letter sent to Home Office minister Kit Malthouse Legal action concerning NSO Group is ongoing in Israel ‘It’s frankly astonishing that the UK would think it appropriate to invite NSO to hawk...

Americas: countries crack down on asylum and right to protest in 2019 - new report

Region once again world’s most dangerous for human rights defenders At least 210 people killed in protests across Americas Governments across continent massively restricted access to asylum ‘ 2019...

Syria: Targeting schools with shelling 'is a war crime'

Responding to reports that 10 schools were hit by shelling in the Idlib and Aleppo countryside in Syria earlier today, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Regional...

UK: call on JCB and other British firms to end involvement in Israeli settlements

Three UK firms - construction equipment makers JCB, online travel agency Opodo, and metal coating company Greenkote - ‘profiting from crimes’ in illegal settlements Letter to James Cleverly calls on...

India: Eight people killed in riots after 'hateful speeches' by political leaders

Political leaders in India who are creating a violent environment by making hateful speeches must be immediately held accountable, Amnesty International India said today. In riots last night in north...

China: Swedish bookseller handed 'outrageous' 10-year sentence

Responding to a court decision that former Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in China for “illegally providing intelligence to foreign entities”...

Egypt: Eight men executed following military trial

Amnesty International has received confirmation that the Egyptian authorities executed eight men in the early hours of this morning in Borg el-Arab prison in Alexandria. The men were among 17...

Tanzania: 'no justice' for journalist Erick Kabendera

Prominent investigative journalist pays heavy fine to get out of jail where health had deteriorated following arrest nearly seven months ago Kabendera has worked for several UK newspapers - including...

Thailand: Dissolution of Future Forward Party must be reversed

Responding to the news that Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled to dissolve the Future Forward Party, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s South East Asia Regional Director, said: “Today’s...

Cambodia: 'Pornography' charges against woman for Facebook posts must be dropped

Charges of ‘pornography’ brought against a Cambodian woman accused of wearing ‘revealing’ clothing on Facebook must be dropped, Amnesty International said today. Ven Rachna (also known online as Thai...