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UK: Closure of Bibby Stockholm is 'absolutely correct'

In response to a Government announcement that the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge will be closed, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “Warehousing people on a giant barge is...

USA: fresh warning over complicity in Israeli war crimes as Netanyahu visits Washington

Call for US to halt arms exports to Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet Joe Biden and potentially Kamala Harris Visit comes amid spike in civilian deaths from intensified Israeli attacks in Gaza...

Cambodia: UNESCO meeting must ‘condemn’ forced eviction of families living in Angkor

Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes around the historic complex ​ Cambodian authorities have intimidated and threatened many into not questioning the evictions Governments...

Israel/OPT: ICJ opinion on Israeli occupation is 'historic vindication' of Palestinian rights

‘The occupation is a key pillar of the system of apartheid that Israel uses to dominate and oppress Palestinians’ - Erika Guevara Rosas Responding to the historic advisory opinion delivered today by...

UK: reinstatement of UNRWA funding was 'long overdue'

Responding to an announcement by the Foreign Secretary David Lammy in the House of Commons today that the UK will restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency after it was suspended...

UK: PM taking 'very similar path' to last Government on asylum

Call for safe routes and ‘ dignified asylum system fit for the twenty-first century’ In response to the Prime Minister's discussion of immigration with EU leaders, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty...

UK: lengthy jail sentences for environmental protesters is ‘draconian’

Responding to the sentencing today of five environmental activists in relation to non-violent protests by Just Stop Oil on part of the M25 motorway in 2022, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s...

Israel: Palestinians from Gaza held in secret detention describe torture - new testimonies

A paediatrician held at notorious Sde Teiman camp describes being kept blindfolded and handcuffed for weeks, being starved and repeatedly beaten Fourteen-year-old boy was punched and repeatedly burnt...

King's Speech: Troubles Act repeal will 'right a historic wrong'

Responding to the commitment made today in the King’s Speech to repeal and replace the widely opposed Northern Ireland Troubles Act, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland Deputy...

King's Speech: 'Welcome measures' but concern over poverty, policing and asylum measures

Responding to the Government’s legislative agenda set out today in the King’s Speech, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “After human rights protections were decimated...