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Northern Ireland: PSNI must prevent racist ‘mob rule’

Responding to the racist attacks in Belfast over the weekend, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Director of Amnesty International, and one of the speakers at the anti-racism rally in Belfast on...

UK: Government must address 'root cause of racism that plagues our society'

In response to recent racist attacks and other violent disorder across the UK, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “The widespread violence and hate crimes we’ve...

USA: Abortion bans causing 'unprecedented' human rights crisis - new report

There are abortion bans and restrictions in 21 states meaning the USA is failing to comply with its human rights obligations ‘I was having panic attacks every day’ - harrowing stories of people...

Northern Ireland: Violence by racist agitators in Belfast is ‘utterly unacceptable’

‘These thugs act not out of love for country but out of hatred of others’ - Patrick Corrigan ​ In reaction to the racist violence in Belfast today, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern...

Northern Ireland: 'You will not divide us’ - anti-Islamophobia rally held in Belfast

Crowds gather outside Belfast City Hall to call for unity ' The more you try to divide us, the more united we grow. The more hate you try to stoke, the more love we will show to our neighbours' -...

Russia: prisoner swap releases welcomed but all those unfairly jailed should be freed

Responding to news of the release of 16 people - including Russian human rights defenders - from Russian and Belarusian prisons today as part of an international prisoner swap deal, Marie Struthers...

Saudi Arabia’s hosting bid for 2034 World Cup 'falls far short' on human rights

‘Bid book’ shows country has failed to tackle labour exploitation, repression of activists or laws discriminating against women and LGBTI people Joint 2030 bid from Morocco, Portugal and Spain also...

USA: 9/11 plea deals welcomed though Guantánamo detention centre must close

Responding to an announcement from the US Department of Defense that plea agreements have been reached with 9/11 defendants Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Bin ‘Attash and Mustafa al Hawsawi, Daphne...

Syria: hundreds of Yezidis still detained including survivors of abduction and sexual slavery

Ten years after Islamic State attacks in Iraq, families and activists still unable to rescue Yezidis from Syria In some cases, women fear to identify themselves as Yezidi for fear of being forcibly...

UK: New Government’s decision to drop ICC challenge over Netanyahu arrest warrant ‘strongly welcome’

In response to the Government dropping the Tories’ plan to challenge the International Criminal Court over an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty...