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UK: New Prime Minister must make ‘clean break’ with Johnson years on human rights

Amnesty UK Chief Executive writing to new PM with offer of meeting to discuss ‘new agenda on rights’ Rwanda refugee scheme, scrapping of Human Rights Act and draconian restrictions on protests among...

Myanmar: Jail sentence of former UK ambassador is ‘extremely concerning’

Vicky Bowman and husband Htein Lin each sentenced to one year in prison Myanmar has arrested more than 15,000 people since the military seized power ‘Myanmar’s military has a notorious track record of...

Yemen: Huthis 'suffocating' women with new requirement for male guardians

Since April ‘mahram’ requirement means women need male guardian to travel Discriminatory measure is impacting humanitarian aid deliveries in war-torn country It ‘entrenches the discrimination faced by...

China: Investigation and prosecutions must follow long-delayed UN report on Xinjiang

Inexcusable delay in releasing this report ‘casts a stain’ on UN Office of High Commission for Human Rights UN must set up independent international mechanism to investigate crimes under international...

UK: Meta accused of breaching workers' rights over dismissal of cleaner who organised protests at London offices

Amnesty International has accused Meta of breaching its own employment guidelines and commitments on labour rights and has called on the tech giant (formerly known as Facebook) to undertake an urgent...

Pakistan: Floods are stark warning to wealthy countries on climate change

Pakistan one of the most climate vulnerable places in the world Countries must support Pakistan as floods devastate lives and impact a range of human rights 650,000 pregnant women in the flood...

Afghans fleeing Taliban shot at, detained and sent back at Iranian and Turkish borders - new report

Iranian security forces killed 11 people - including 16-year-old boy - though death toll likely to be significantly higher Detainees sobbed and fainted when they heard they were being returned to...

Ukraine: Russian sham trials of prisoners of war in Mariupol 'illegal and abusive'

Stripping fair trial rights from prisoners of war amounts to a war crime Reports and pictures show cages being built inside the Mariupol Philharmonic Hall to allegedly restrain prisoners who will be...

UK: Asylum backlog exposes Priti Patel's disastrous leadership

New Home Office immigration stats reveals backlog of asylum cases quadrupled under Priti Patel’s leadership No firm update on Afghan refugees casts continued doubt over commitment to support those...

English FA ‘lagging behind’ after Welsh FA makes significant step to back Qatari workers’ rights

Amnesty International UK today welcomed a new statement by the Football of Association Wales (FAW) which called for “significant improvement” in the working conditions of migrant workers in Qatar. The...