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Thailand: Drop charges against Amnesty chair targeted for exposing torture

‘The true injustice is that these three brave human rights activists are being punished for reporting on torture’ - Champa Patel

Yemen: Blocks to humanitarian aid delivery violate international law, causing 'dreadful suffering'

‘Unlawful impediments to aid in Yemen are causing dreadful suffering, and depriving people of their basic needs in the midst of an active conflict’ - Lama Fakih

Turkey: Arrest warrant for 42 journalists 'brazen purge'

Responding to news that the Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists, Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe, said:

Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations

Credible reports of torture, rape, sexual abuse and beatings Detainees can now be held without charge for 30 days

Afghanistan: Kabul attack shows contempt for human life

Responding to the bombing of peaceful protestors in Kabul today, Champa Patel, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, said:

Saudi Arabia passes 'grim watershed' as it executes 100th person this year

According to the Saudi Press Agency , Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced that an execution was carried o

UN: Narrow national self-interest must not endanger global refugee deal

UN talks to agree a Global Compact on Refugees by 2018 One week left before proposal is locked in ahead of September Summit

Amnesty hails new marriage equality law in Isle of Man

Northern Ireland only part of UK with marriage ban for same-sex couples

UK government admission to misleading MPs over Saudi abuses in Yemen 'jaw-dropping'

Responding to the government's admission that Parliam