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Myanmar: Four years after coup world must demand accountability for atrocity crimes

The international community must take urgent action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organisations said today ahead of the four-year anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military...

UK: Government’s failure to protect victims of slavery in new Immigration Bill is ‘rank hypocrisy’

In response to the Government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill introduced today, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “For the...

Georgia: Protester's detention extended in unprecedented closed hearing

300 protestors detained since November have alleged beatings and torture ‘We believe that Saba Skhvitaridze’s prosecution is politically motivated. He should be released, and his torture allegations...

Poland: Unjust conviction of activist accused of aiding an abortion must be overturned

‘Justyna Wydrzyńska is thought to be the first human rights activist in Europe to be prosecuted for providing abortion pills. She must be the last’ - Monica Costa Riba Ahead of tomorrow’s appeal...

UK: JSO mass-hearing a 'critical opportunity to rethink the crackdown on peaceful protest'

Two-day hearing will see 16 Just Stop Oil activists seek to challenge historically draconian sentences for peaceful protest Activists were sentenced for up to five years imprisonment , for a range of...

Ethiopia: Thousands remain locked up in 'travesty of justice' in Amhara region

‘The international silence over the mass and arbitrary detention of thousands of people in Amhara region is beyond shameful’ - Tigere Chagutah Today marks four months since the launch of a state-led...

DRC: warring parties must prioritise civilian protection and humanitarian access amid ‘devastating violence’ in Goma

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s regional and international partners must put pressure on all parties to the conflict in the east of the country — including the Rwandan-backed M23 fighters...

Israel/OPT: Genocide 'matter of law and evidence, not opinion' and UK government must ensure accountability

Marking the one-year anniversary since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found plausible risk that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza (Sunday 26 January), Amnesty International said the UK...

USA: Rohingya survivor demands US regulator investigates Meta's role in Myanmar atrocities

Amnesty is supporting activist Maung Sawyeddollah in filing a complaint against Meta and its role in Myanmar violence Meta was warned repeatedly by activists and researchers that its algorithms were...

UK: Family and campaigners call on David Lammy to visit Alaa Abdel Fattah in jail while in Egypt - Letter

‘I’ve been on hunger strike for over 100 days because I cannot allow my son to continue languishing in prison’ - Laila Souief ‘The Foreign Secretary has said Alaa’s case is a “number one” issue for...