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Bahrain: London embassy hunger strike highlights plight of four frail prisoners

Hassan Mshaima - whose son Ali recently began a hunger strike outside Knightsbridge embassy last week - is being denied diabetes pills and other medication as punishment for his jail protests ‘These...

Bangladesh: Photographer facing 14 years declared prisoner of conscience

‘We are deeply worried about his treatment in custody and the condition in which he attended court’ - Omar Waraich Shahidul Alam, a Bangladeshi photographer and outspoken social activist, could face...

Syria: US-led Coalition accepts responsibility for Raqqa deaths documented by Amnesty

‘The US-led Coalition’s admission of responsibility is … a welcome U-turn’ - Donatella Rovera Call on Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson to ‘set the record straight’ after he sought to discredit...

Bangladesh: Release photographer and end violent student crackdown

The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes policemen yesterday after giving an...

Leading human rights organisations make fresh call on Theresa May to set up torture inquiry

Downing Street ‘elevenses torture’ stunt photos available A group of leading human rights organisations have issued a fresh call for an inquiry into the UK’s involvement in rendition and torture...

‘Pride is still a protest in Belfast’ – thousands march as campaigners demand equal marriage for Northern Ireland

‘Behind the glitter, there is real anger, but also a determination that discrimination against LGBT+ people must end.’ – Patrick Corrigan As thousands of people took to the streets of Belfast for the...

Zimbabwe: authorities must rein in security forces and end mass arrests

‘Zimbabweans are desperate for a new beginning’ - Deprose Muchena The Zimbabwean authorities must stop arresting and harassing protesters and bystanders following post-election violence that has...

Russia's refusal to allow Amnesty access to jailed Ukrainian film-maker 'indefensible'

Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike in a penal colony in Russian Arctic for more than 80 days in protest at jailing of Ukrainians in Russia Following the Russian authorities’ refusal to allow...

China: Detention of activist mid-interview is 'shocking and outrageous'

The detention of prominent activist Sun Wenguang as he gave a live interview in China is a disturbing example of how the authorities are determined to silence dissidents, Amnesty International said...

Northern Ireland: Ged Killen MP says 'opponents of same-sex marriage have lost' - Belfast Pride speech

Ged Killen MP calls on Theresa May to legislate for marriage equality in Northern Ireland in Amnesty International’s Belfast Pride speech Westminster inaction is ‘stitch-up to prevent people from...