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US airstrikes in Somalia have killed civilians despite official denials - new report

Forensic investigation produces evidence 14 civilians were killed in just five strikes, amounting to possible war crimes Since President Trump’s executive order two years ago, US has launched more...

Cyclone Idai: Governments must ramp up rescue efforts and ensure adequate humanitarian assistance

With hundreds of people confirmed dead and thousands of others missing or displaced after a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and parts of Malawi, Amnesty International is calling on...

Gaza: Hamas crackdown on peaceful cost-of-living protests is most severe for a decade

Amnesty consultant Hind Khoudary interrogated and ill-treated by security forces earlier today ‘The crackdown on freedom of expression and the use of torture in Gaza has reached alarming new levels’ -...

Russia: leading Chechen human rights activist sent to penal colony for four years

Head of Memorial’s Chechnya office - Oyub Titiev - subjected to ‘sham’ trial on drugs offences ‘Oyub Titiev … is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for his human rights work in Chechnya’ -...

'Typhoon plane' taken to Parliament in protest at UK's arming of Saudi Arabia

Fighter jet’s missiles said ‘Made in Britain, ruining lives in Yemen’ ‘While UK arms companies are making money, Yemeni civilians are dying in their thousands’ - Kate Allen **PHOTOS AVAILABLE** here...

USA: Trump administration's blocking of International Criminal Court condemned

Restricting visas for investigators working on Afghanistan cases shows USA is ‘hellbent’ on rolling back human rights protections Responding to reports that the USA will restrict visas for...

New Zealand: World leaders must stand against hate-filled ideology following horrific mosque attacks

‘The New Zealand we believe in… welcomes refugees and migrants, and respects the rights of everyone to practise their religion in peace’ - Kumi Naidoo The horrific attacks on two mosques in...

Saudi Arabia: women activists trial begins with 'outrageous' charges

Charges relate to their promotion of women’s rights, and contact with Amnesty and other international organisations Activists include prominent campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul (pictured) ‘This trial is...

Northern Ireland: 'Justice denied' to many Bloody Sunday families

Responding to the news that only one British Army soldier will face charges for the Bloody Sunday killings, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Campaigns Manager, said: “It is...

Climate change school strikes praised by Head of Amnesty

‘Instead of criticising young people for taking part in these protests…we should be asking why governments are getting away with playing truant on climate action’ - Kumi Naidoo Amnesty International...