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UK: 'Disturbing' Government failure to commit to Human Rights Act

Responding to the news that the UK Government has again failed to give assurances that it will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act, Rachel Logan, legal programme director at Amnesty...

USA: authorities must disclose full number of child separations

‘Ripping children from the arms of their parents or guardians is a brazen violation of human rights’ - Brian Griffey In response to a report yesterday from the USA’s Health and Human Services...

Hungary: Release of Syrian man wrongly convicted of terrorism an 'overwhelming relief'

Ahmed H was jailed as part of Hungarian government’s crackdown on human rights Hungarian authorities ‘will stop at nothing to demonise refugees and migrants’ - Eda Seyhan Ahead of tomorrow’s early...

Europe: Leaders manufacturing migration 'crisis' for political gain

European leaders are distorting the debate on migration for political gain and abandoning refugees and migrants at sea, Amnesty International said today (18 January) as it published a new analysis...

Kenya: Nairobi hotel attack must be effectively investigated

Responding to the attack on the Dusit D2 hotel complex in Nairobi yesterday, Irungu Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya, said: “According to media reports, the insurgent group...

Zimbabwe: 8 killed and 200 detained in crackdown on fuel price protests

Reports of security forces using firearms and teargas as crackdown on protesters escalates ‘Years of political and economic mismanagement has brought Zimbabwe’s economy to its knees’ - Muleya...

China: Revoke death sentence against Canadian for drug crimes

‘We have seen before that in highly-politicised cases the trial is often a mere spectacle with the outcome already decided’ - William Nee Responding to a death sentence given by a Chinese court to...

Chechnya: new LGBTI crackdown is 'spine-chilling'

‘We are horrified by reports that at least two people have died from torture-inflicted injuries’ - Marie Struthers Amnesty International has received credible information that the authorities in the...

Amnesty Media Awards 2019: two weeks until deadline for entries

Cathy Newman announced as ceremony host Closing date for entries: Friday 25 January 2019 Enter here: https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/ Journalists,…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: hunger strike is a 'desperate measure'

Jailed UK charity worker set to begin three-day hunger strike with human rights defender Narges Mohammadi in protest at denial of medical care ‘It’s outrageous it’s had to come to this for Nazanin and...