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Poland: Racist pushbacks at Belarus border are 'in stark contrast' to welcome for Ukrainian refugees - new evidence

Mass pushbacks and arbitrary detention of Syrians and others has been very different to wide welcome shown to those fleeing Ukraine Human rights violations have included racist abuse, strip searches...

Russia: authorities close down Amnesty's Moscow office - reaction

‘You must be doing something right if the Kremlin tries to shut you up’ - Agnès Callamard In response to today’s closure by the Russian authorities of Amnesty International’s office in Moscow, Agnès...

India: Court ruling preventing Amnesty board chair from travelling abroad is 'outrageous'

Delhi court reverses ruling and bars Aakar Patel from leaving the country without permission ‘This is part of the wider crackdown and repression of civil society in India that we have seen over recent...

Northern Ireland: Revulsion at repeat racist arson attack on Belfast multi-cultural centre

Another racist arson attack last night on Belfast Multi-Cultural Association Still no accountability for the attack in January 2021 ‘We are disgusted, but sadly unsurprised, that there has been...

Ukraine: Russian forces extrajudicially executed civilians in apparent war crimes - new testimonies

Amnesty investigators interviewed more than 20 people from villages and towns close to Kyiv Woman in Bucha repeatedly raped at gunpoint by Russian soldiers Man shot dead after soldiers broke into his...

Poland: Charges against activist accused of aiding an abortion must be dropped

First case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills ‘The Polish authorities must immediately drop all charges against [Justyna] and fully decriminalise...

Qatar: security guards being subjected to forced labour - major new report

Abuses in private security sector are ‘systematic and structural’ - with overwork, no time off and punishments for not wearing uniforms correctly One Bangladeshi security guard worked for three years...

UK: LGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary people

Responding to news that the UK’s first-ever LGBTI conference 'Safe To Be Me' has been cancelled after a boycott of more than 100 organisations in response to the Government’s stance on conversion...

Hong Kong: Sedition arrests for clapping in court 'another new low for human rights'

Six people arrested on suspicion of “causing nuisance” during court hearings ‘The Hong Kong police must stop abusing overly broad sedition charges to silence peaceful expression’ - Erwin van der...

Ethiopia: War crimes committed in Western Tigray - New Report

Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November 2020 Hundreds of thousands of Tigrayan civilians expelled from homes using...