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Syria: UN General Assembly must reaffirm neutrality of aid deliveries

Concerns that Damascus will restrict aid flows after conditions placed on use of Bab al-Hawa crossing point following Russian veto Four million people in north-west of country are currently reliant on...

Bangladesh: Police must avoid unnecessary force after protest violence

One activist dead and hundreds injured at opposition protests ‘Having different political views is not tolerated within the country’ - Yasasmin Kaviratne In response to news of the death of one person...

UK: Passing of migration bill is 'bleak day for human rights'

Government’s highly controversial Illegal Migration Bill will make final passage through Commons today New law will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in UK...

EU/Tunisia: Migration agreement makes EU 'complicit' in abuses against refugees

Tunisian authorities given permission to prevent people reaching Europe Agreement lacks crucial safeguards on human rights ‘EU leaders are once again embarking on failed policies that are based on...

Northern Ireland: MPs must reject 'disgraceful' Troubles Bill

Highly controversial bill returns to House of Commons this week ‘Now is the time for MPs to decide whether they will prop up the Government’s plan to protect murderers or stand with victims and for...

Zimbabwe: President's signing of Patriotic Bill into law a 'grave attack' on freedom of expression

Responding to news that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the controversial Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill into law, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Research...

Russia: 'Abominable' new legislation will inflict 'unbearable suffering' on transgender people

Country has imposed blanket ban on sex change procedures Transgender people prohibited from adopting children or serving as legal guardians Marriages will be automatically annulled where one partner...

France: Independent body needed to investigate policing after Nahel killing - new briefing

Planned demonstrations this weekend have been banned by the authorities Since 2017, use of lethal force by police officers at traffic stops has increased fivefold in France Case ‘ highlights the...

USA: Government must cancel plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine

US government is reportedly set to announce plans to send the controversial weapons to Kyiv The munitions, which can misfire and leave deadly ordnance scattered over a wide area, have been banned by...

Sudan: Border countries must give people fleeing conflict immediate access for asylum

More than 560,000 have fled the ongoing crisis in Sudan D ire humanitarian conditions for people in Sudan and those fleeing the conflict People fleeing the conflict in Khartoum travel through...