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Amnesty UK to host first-ever Wales national conference / Mae Amnest DU yn croesawu Cynhadledd Gyntaf Amnest Cymru

ENGLISH Conference in Aberystwyth to celebrate human rights activism in Wales “We can all make a difference, and we can all be human rights defenders” – Elin Jones AM “Protecting human rights...

Qatar: pledge to end abusive 'kafala' system must lead to real change

Under notorious sponsorship scheme, migrant workers cannot change jobs without employer’s permission and face criminalisation for ‘absconding’ Announcement comes after numerous earlier promises over...

Hong Kong: Protest leader hospitalised after brutal hammer attack

Amnesty International is urging Hong Kong authorities to launch a prompt and thorough investigation into a brutal attack on human rights defender Jimmy Sham, who was today beaten by a group of men...

Extinction Rebellion blanket ban chilling and unlawful

On Monday evening, the Metropolitan Police issued a revised section 14 order saying demonstrators protesting in London after 21:00 BST could be arrested. Allan Hogarth, Head of Advocacy and Programmes...

Angola: drought and commercial cattle farming causing devastating hunger -new report

67% of land now occupied by commercial farmers Hunger and sickness rife, with some families eating wild leaves to survive ‘Traditional cattle farmers have lost their best grazing land and now watch...

Egypt: prominent human rights defender tortured as crackdown intensifies

Esraa Abdelfattah abducted in a van on Saturday night, before ordeal in National Security Agency custody One interrogator threatened to strangle her with her own sweatshirt unless she unlocked her...

UAE/UK: protest and panel event for jailed Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor

Prominent prisoner of conscience - who turns 50 next week - is serving ten-year jail sentence ‘Ahmed and I were imprisoned at roughly the same time last year - I’m now free but he remains behind bars’...

Queen's speech: Brexit must not eclipse pressing human rights issues

In response to the Queen’s speech which sets out the Government’s proposed legislative programme for the next Parliamentary session, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s director, said: “The...

Egypt: two men detained and tortured as children given 'disgraceful' ten-year prison sentence

Responding to the news that Aser Mohamed and Karim Hemada, who were both forcibly disappeared and tortured to “confess” while aged 14 and 17 respectively, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison...

Uganda: reintroduction of 'kill the gays' bill is outrageous

Call on Ugandan Parliament to ‘resoundingly reject’ legislation ‘This is going to fire up more hatred in an already homophobic environment’ - Joan Nyanyuki Responding to remarks earlier today from...