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Russia: Authorities move to 'muzzle' the country's most respected human rights groups

Reacting to news that Russia moves to close a prominent human rights group International Memorial, and its sister organisation Human Rights Centre Memorial, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s...

Myanmar: Sentencing of US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison 'reprehensible'

Country has been in turmoil since the military coup earlier this year Fenster arrested in May as he tried to board a flight out of Myanmar ‘[Danny’s] liberty was taken away from him cruelly and...

Amnesty calls on Prime Minister to intervene in Nazanin's case after 'fruitless' FCDO meeting

Amnesty International today demanded immediate action from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the ongoing fate of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who continues to be held in Iran. The demand follows a...

Russia: Detention of Navalny associate on 'extremism' charges a forewarning of mass reprisals

Reacting to the arbitrary detention of Lilia Chanysheva, the former coordinator of Aleksei Navalny’s political headquarters in the Russian city of Ufa, on charges of “establishing or leading an...

Hong Kong: Sentencing of 'Captain America' activist exposes 'dangerously disproportionate' restrictions on rights

Activist Ma Chun-man - dubbed ‘Captain America 2.0’ for carrying a superhero shield at protests - sentenced to five years and nine months in prison Sentence relates to him chanting slogans, holding...

Slovakia: attempt to restrict abortion access must be rejected

Ahead of today’s expected parliamentary vote on a bill that would severely restrict access to abortion in Slovakia, Rado Sloboda, Director of Amnesty Slovakia, said: “Imposing unjustified and harmful...

COVID-19: New research reveals Pfizer is making misleading claims about distribution of vaccines to low income countries

Exposed: misleading Pfizer claims that one billion Covid-19 doses will be distributed to ‘low and middle-income nations’ In a letter to Amnesty, Pfizer admits that less than 10% of doses have been...

UK/Iran: Boris Johnson must 'break the deadlock' and get Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home during crucial Iran talks

Richard Ratcliffe on day 18 of hunger strike vows to continue until Government acts to free Nazanin UK Foreign Office officials and Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani reported to meet tomorrow...

Ethiopia: survivors of TPLF attack in Amhara describe gang rape, looting and physical assaults

Women raped at gunpoint, robbed and assaulted Lack of medical care after TPLF fighters damaged and looted hospital Abuses committed as Tigray conflict has spilled over into Amhara region ‘Three of...

Russia: LGBT-Network and human rights lawyers branded 'foreign agents' is 'beyond shameful'

Reacting to the news that Russian authorities named LGBT-Network and five human rights lawyers from Komanda 29 ‘foreign agents’, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Moscow Office Director, said...