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Czech Republic: Justice for Roma women 'coerced' into sterilisation

Czech women forcibly sterilised between 1966 and 2012 to receive reparation ‘No amount of money will bring us back the chance to have more children, but the compensation is important for justice’ -...

South Africa: Government must investigate deaths of more than 200 people during riots

Authorities failed to deal with lethal unrest triggered by former president Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment Communities forced to protect themselves, with residents putting up barricades and patrolling...

Northern Ireland: Secretary of State directs health department to commission abortion services

Full abortion services must be available in Northern Ireland no later than 31 March 2022 Department of Health directed to provide immediate funding support for interim services of early medical...

Pegasus Project: UAE's Princess Latifa and Princess Haya were potential targets

Abducted Emirati princess and wife of authoritarian Emir of Dubai were on list of those deemed potential targets by a client of NSO Group UAE one of 11 countries with a record of interest in the...

UK: Home Office deal with France risks pushing people seeking asylum onto 'more dangerous routes'

In response to news that the UK will pay France £54.2m for border patrols to intercept people in France who attempt to travel to the UK to seek asylum, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s...

Pegasus Project: Macron among world leaders selected as potential targets of NSO spyware

South African’s Cryil Ramaphosa and Pakistan’s Imran Khan also among 14 world leaders identified as potential targets The list contained phone numbers for more than 600 government officials and...

Northern Ireland: 'Offensive' Legacy plans rejected by Assembly must be dropped

In response to the unanimous opposition expressed by the Northern Ireland Assembly today to UK Government plans announced last week which would see an end to prosecutions, inquests, judicial review...

UK: Home Office set to make asylum system 'far worse'

New record of people crossing the Channel despite Home Office ploughing ahead with reckless ‘new plan’ ‘If this Bill goes through it will make vulnerable people even more vulnerable and set a terrible...

Morocco: journalist Omar Radi sentenced to six years after unfair trial

Call for leading investigative journalist to be granted re-trial Radi had previously been targeted by notorious Pegasus spyware ‘Condemning someone to six years in prison after such flawed proceedings...

Guantánamo: first detainee transfer under Biden welcomed, but camp must close

Two decades on, 39 still held at the notorious detention centre Toffiq al-Bihani’s case highlighted - tortured and held without charge since 2003 ‘The detention facility has been allowed to stay open...