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Ethiopia: Authorities must give investigators and journalists access to Amhara region under state of emergency

Reports of human rights violations following ongoing armed confrontations between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the local armed Fano militia Allegations of mass killings and casualties in...

Pakistan: Authorities must protect Christians against vicious 'blasphemy' attacks

Vigilante mobs attack at least five churches and homes of minority Christian community in city of Jaranwala Country has long history of blasphemy laws leading to human rights violations ‘The Pakistani...

Israel/OPT: terminally-ill Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah must be released - new appeal

Palestinian citizen of Israel, who has chronic lung disease and bone marrow cancer, has been in jail for 37 years Prison where Daqqah is held does not have the medical facilities needed to treat him...

Tanzania: Detained critics of UAE port deal must be released immediately

Willibrod Slaa, Boniface Mwabukusi and Mdude Nyagali were detained last week for criticising a port deal between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates ‘The Tanzanian authorities are clearly trying to...

Ecuador: Authorities’ response to killing of candidate ‘must not open door’ to human rights violations

President declares state of emergency day after Fernando Villavicencio killed Freedom of assembly suspended as police and military’s powers expanded ‘The state of emergency declared in response to...

Iraq: Authorities must immediately reverse media ban on the terms ‘homosexuality’ and ‘gender’

Move is latest in attacks on freedom of expression Dangerous step could fuel discrimination and violence ‘The Iraqi authorities must immediately overturn this decision and ensure they respect the...

UK: Government cutting ties with Greenpeace after PM house protest 'deeply concerning'

Responding to the Government’s severing of any engagement with the environmental NGO Greenpeace UK after it staged a peaceful climate crisis protest at the Prime Minister’s empty constituency property...

UK: Bibby Stockholm is 'utterly shameful' way to treat people seeking asylum

I n response to the first group of people seeking asylum moved into the controversial Bibby Stockholm today, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said...

UK/Palestine: celebrity chefs cook Palestinian dishes to highlight human rights abuses – new video

Palestinian chef Sami Tamimi introduces comedian Esther Manito to ‘mshat’ (cauliflower fritters) The ‘Palestine at Home’ series is part of Amnesty’s End Israeli Apartheid campaign ‘We’re delighted to...

Zimbabwe: Urgent investigation needed into stoning to death of opposition activist

Tinashe Chitsunge was reportedly killed as he fled suspected ZANU-PF mob in Harare yesterday Ongoing violence poses serious threat to 23 August election ‘The authorities must take all necessary steps...