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Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes Council of Europe move to re-open Pat Finucane case

Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to re-open its scrutiny of UK government failures to order a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of...

Myanmar: Battlefield weaponry and 'murderous methods' used against protesters

Soldiers in military units implicated in previous atrocities turning their guns on protesters Videos show commanders directing sniper fire at specific protesters, with people summarily killed in the...

COVID-19: Global 'Fair Shot' campaign launched to combat vaccine nationalism

Pharmaceutical companies’ restrictive patents denying vaccines to poorer countries Rich countries have bought up more than half of all vaccines despite comprising 16% of global population ‘When it...

Saudi Arabia: failure to quash Loujain al-Hathloul's conviction condemned

Women’s rights activist’s appeal against conviction rejected ‘They consider peaceful activism a crime and consider activists to be traitors or spies’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to today’s decision by...

Senegal: Restraint needed as three-day protest announced in wake of deaths

Protests triggered by arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko Individuals in plain clothes armed with clubs and guns seen beating up protesters ‘Members of the security forces who use excessive...

Belarus: women activists subject to threats and abuse for taking part in protests - new report

‘Belarus: Women on the Front Line’ highlights the important role women activists have played in recent protests ‘In a deeply patriarchal society with endemic domestic violence, women in Belarus have...

Switzerland: Face covering ban 'dangerous and violates freedom of expression'

Country narrowly voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women Responding to the news that a Swiss referendum has voted in favour of banning...

UK/Iran: developments in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case are 'bittersweet'

Reports that British national Zaghari-Ratcliffe will have her ankle tag removed but but will be required to attend court this week 'After all Nazanin’s been through this feels like yet another example...

UK: Amnesty launches bitesize lessons to teach a new generation of human rights defenders

Amnesty UK has created series of lessons to help parents and teachers educate children aged 5-19 years old about equality, fairness and justice in the world ‘During these challenging times, it’s...

COVID-19: Health worker death toll rises to at least 17,000 - rapid vaccine rollout needed

More than half the world’s doses have so far been administered in just 10 rich countries Over 100 countries are yet to vaccinate a single person In the UK, 494 social care workers died last year ‘For...