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Cameroon: Prisons at risk of ‘becoming epicentres of the pandemic’

The Cameroonian authorities must be transparent about the spread of COVID-19 in prisons, provide detainees with adequate medical care and stop exacerbating overcrowding with arbitrary arrests, Amnesty...

UK: 'Public deserve answers' and transparency over contact-tracing app privacy concerns

Health Secretary dismisses Amnesty’s privacy concerns as “completely wrong” “The public deserve answers and Mr Hancock must ensure that they are forthcoming rather than ploughing ahead without...

UK: Privacy must not be 'another casualty' of the virus

Warning comes as Government plans to introduce COVID-19 tracking app Move could ‘open the door to pervasive state surveillance and privacy infringement’ - Kate Allen UK Government plans to introduce a...

Governments must release innocent 'prisoners of conscience' around the world immediately as prisons become COVID-19 hotspots

Amnesty is campaigning for the release of 150 individuals detained for peacefully exercising their human rights - but warns there are likely thousands more in same situation Prisons becoming COVID-19...

Crackdown on journalists a 'global phenomenon' weakening efforts to tackle Covid-19

This Sunday marks World Press Freedom Day Journalists around the world have been risking their lives to provide reliable and trustworthy information during the pandemic Amnesty urges governments to...

UK: Migrant workers in desperate need of crucial financial support during COVID-19 pandemic - Amnesty warns

Amnesty campaigns for an extension of support to migrants during COVID-19 pandemic A petition urging the Government to support migrants and other vulnerable people during the pandemic has now reached...

South Sudan: fresh evidence of arms embargo violations and illicit concealment of weapons

Thousands of child soldiers still being used, while arms being hidden from monitors UN arms embargo due to expire on 31 May should be extended With country threatened by COVID, ‘priority must be given...

UK: 'Harrowing' COVID-19 death toll published as public share concern over Government PPE failure

More than 26,000 patients have died in hospitals, care homes and community New polling finds two-thirds of UK public believe the Government has performed poorly in its provision of PPE for healthcare...

Northern Ireland: Inquiry into UK Government legacy proposals - 'Victims' rights must be vindicated'

Responding to the announcement that the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is to examine the UK Government's proposals to address the legacy of the Troubles, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International's...

Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Governments must stop abusing emergency powers during COVID-19 pandemic

Governments in the region routinely resort to repressive measures to silence critical views but some have used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to further clamp down on opposition Authorities in...