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‘Accounts of Kenneth Smith’s last moments simply show that there is no humane way to take someone’s life’ - Justin Mazzola In response to the execution by nitrogen gas suffocation of Kenneth Smith in...

Top UN court orders six provisional measures against Israel over Gaza genocide claim Case comes after shockingly-high civilian death toll, the denial of humanitarian aid and dehumanising rhetoric from...

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Commenting on today’s interim ruling by the International Court of Justice in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, Karla McLaren, Amnesty International UK’s Head of Government Affairs, said:...

Hong Kong activist and lawyer faces a potential life prison sentence ‘The Hong Kong authorities must drop all charges against Chow Hang-tung, ensure she is free from torture and other ill-treatment...

Foreign Secretary is calling for increase in Gaza aid deliveries rather than an end to Israel’s illegal blockade which will only perpetuate ‘demeaning’ aid reliance ‘Lord Cameron’s words will have...

Amnesty, Oxfam, Save the Children and others issue bleak warning over ‘situation of utter desperation inside Gaza’ Experts to conduct online media briefing at 3pm (UK) today ‘Gaza today is the most...

Kenneth Smith set to face the untested execution method despite UN warning it could amount to torture Smith only on death row because of now-outlawed ‘judicial override’ procedure ‘It’s disturbing...

‘Externalisation’ deal will see people taken hundreds of miles by sea to Albania and face arbitrary detention Children, pregnant women, survivors of trafficking and torture at additional risk ‘This...

In response to the Commons vote on the Rwanda Bill, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “This historically-bad Bill should never have seen the light of day in the first...