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USA: letter to 3,500 mayors and governors calls for tighter security ahead of inauguration

New measures needed to prevent white supremacist violence Lax gun laws and Trump’s embrace of white supremacists fuel fears Amnesty researchers monitoring situation at state capitols and in Washington...

Uganda: Authorities must lift social media block that violates human rights

Ugandan authorities to suspend social media networks including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp Shutdown a violation of the right to freedom of expression and access to information Uganda has blocked...

UK: Raab action over Xinjiang abuses welcome but safeguards must be extended

Responding to today’s announcement from the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in the House of Commons that companies will have to meet requirements showing their supply chains are free from forced labour...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty calls for Mother and Baby Homes inquiry in NI

Amnesty and former residents unite in call for NI inquiry as Irish Government publishes 3,000-page investigation report into Mother and Baby Homes in Republic of Ireland ‘Northern Ireland must now...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Warning over 2,500 migrants trapped in 'bitterly cold temperatures'

As many as 2,500 people - including 900 residents of a temporary makeshift camp - remain without basic shelter in perilously cold conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the authorities failed to...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes legal action against government to ensure abortion services

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission commences legal case against UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive Amnesty International has welcomed the start of legal action by the Northern Ireland...

USA: Joe Biden must close Guantánamo - new report

Joe Biden pledged to close the camp as Vice-President 40 people still held - many who were ‘cleared for release’ years ago ‘This is about … crimes under international law committed over the past 19...

Northern Ireland: First and deputy First Minister must raise concerns over Hong Kong arrests with Chinese consul general

Around 50 Hong Kong opposition figures arrested Activist Gwyneth Ho, who gave the Amnesty International Northern Ireland annual lecture four weeks ago, amongst those arrested Amnesty International has...

USA: 'Moment of reckoning' as President Trump incites violence at the Capitol

President Trump’s rejection of the U.S. election results, and incitement of his supporters has “fanned the flames of the chaos and violence”, Amnesty International said following last night’s breach...

USA: Trump should grant clemency to federal death row prisoners

Three executions scheduled in four days next week, with Lisa Montgomery set to be first woman executed by federal authorities in 67 years Trump administration has pursued more federal executions than...