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Bangladesh: Investigate murder if leading Rohingya activist in refugee camp

Responding to the killing of leading Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah, who was shot dead this evening in the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar, Saad Hammadi, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner...

Northern Ireland: Call for clerical child abuse inquiry following announcement of redress fund for victims

Amnesty International has called for the Northern Ireland Executive to set up a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse following the announcement by the Catholic diocese of Dromore of a redress...

UK: NSO Group prevented from promoting notorious spyware at London expo

After urgent letter to Olympia security fair organisers, NSO will not showcase intrusive surveillance equipment linked to numerous human rights violations Firm’s notorious Pegasus spyware used against...

Switzerland: Yes vote on same-sex marriage a 'historic' moment

Responding to news that people in Switzerland have voted in a referendum to make same-sex marriage legal, Alex andra Karle, Director of Amnesty Switzerland, said: “Yesterday’s vote in giving same-sex...

Taiwan: Landmark moment for transgender rights as court rules against surgery requirement

Responding to a Taiwanese court ruling that a government requirement obliging trans people to provide proof of reproductive organ removal surgery in order to affirm their legal gender is...

Hong Kong: Demise of Hong Kong Alliance shows marking Tiananmen crackdown will not be tolerated

Responding to the disbandment of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (Hong Kong Alliance), which has organised Hong Kong’s Tiananmen commemoration vigil for...

USA: border officials must be held accountable over violent conduct toward Haitians

Customs and Border Protection officials’ ‘horrific’ behaviour must be properly investigated Visceral images of Texas border agents on horseback apparently trying to ‘round up’ migrants have been...

Russia: Siberian shaman who marched against Putin confined indefinitely in psychiatric hospital

Aleksandr Gabyshev embarked on epic walk from Yakutsk to Moscow in 2019 Detention in psychiatric hospitals was a common Soviet-era tactic used against dissidents ‘The authorities are using...

Northern Ireland: Latest rejection of UK government's 'Troubles' plans must be a 'wake-up call'

Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, has written to the NI Secretary of State over UK government plans to introduce a ‘broad based and unconditional’ amnesty for NI...

Global: States must deliver surplus Covid-19 vaccines now

In response to today’s Global Covid-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better, where US President Biden and EU President Von der Leyen announced new commitments to donate an additional...