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Amnesty International UK Media Awards 2022 - Winners Announced

Awards presented by Nawal Al-Maghafi and Krishnan Guru-Murthy Al Jazeera took home award for best investigation Outstanding Impact Award won by BBC for investigation into Russia’s Wagner group The...

Greece: Acquittal of police officers in LGBTI activist killing 'beggars belief'

Zak Kostopoulos, queer activist and drag artist , was brutally beaten by two men after entering a jewellery shop in central Athens Footage showed police using unnecessary force to arrest the activist...

USA: Supreme Court abortion ruling would be 'massive blow' to gender rights

Leaked opinion shows court preparing to strike down historic Roe v Wade ruling ‘The United States is going back in time and putting the lives and freedom of millions at risk’ - Tarah Demant ‘The fight...

UK: New policing and asylum laws mark 'deeply sad day' for human rights

Highly controversial new laws given royal assent today ‘These oppressive laws are a grave assault on people’s basic human rights’ - Sacha Deshmukh In response to highly contested legislation being...

UK: Priti Patel's racist Nationality and Borders Bill 'drags the UK's reputation through the mud'

Nationality and Borders Bill passed today The Bill will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in the UK ‘The UK g overnment has ripped up the Refugee Convention –...

UK: Dark day for civil liberties as 'deeply-authoritarian' Policing Bill passed by Lords

Responding to the passing of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill , Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s CEO, said: “This is dark day for civil liberties in the UK. This deeply...

Singapore: Execution of man with learning disability is a 'disgraceful act' by the government

Responding to the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran Dharmalingam in Singapore, Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director, said: “The execution of...

UK: David Cameron's defence of the Prevent programme is 'shockingly misplaced'

Report by the think tank Policy Exchange out today on the Prevent programme Controversial counter-terrorism programme overwhelmingly directed at children and young people ‘The report should have...

Tech: Twitter 'must not willfully turn a blind eye to violent and abusive speech'

Responding to news that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn (£34.5bn), Michael Kleinman, Director of Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty International USA, said:...

Turkey: Aggravated life sentence for Osman Kavala a 'devastating blow' for human rights

Osman has been arbitrarily detained in Istanbul’s high security Silivri prison for more than four years Trumped up charges against Osman related to Gezi Park protests and the 2016 coup attempt...