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Iran: UK must act after fresh uncertainty over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's fate

‘It remains vital that the UK government makes urgent representations to get this second trumped-up case against Nazanin dropped’ - Kate Allen Responding to reports today that the British national...

Scotland: Holyrood has opportunity to be world leader with new human rights law

Scottish Government commits to four international human rights treaties to protect the rights of disabled people, black and ethnic minority people, women and economic, social and cultural rights ‘ We...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes Council of Europe move to re-open Pat Finucane case

Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to re-open its scrutiny of UK government failures to order a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of...

Myanmar: Battlefield weaponry and 'murderous methods' used against protesters

Soldiers in military units implicated in previous atrocities turning their guns on protesters Videos show commanders directing sniper fire at specific protesters, with people summarily killed in the...

COVID-19: Global 'Fair Shot' campaign launched to combat vaccine nationalism

Pharmaceutical companies’ restrictive patents denying vaccines to poorer countries Rich countries have bought up more than half of all vaccines despite comprising 16% of global population ‘When it...

Saudi Arabia: failure to quash Loujain al-Hathloul's conviction condemned

Women’s rights activist’s appeal against conviction rejected ‘They consider peaceful activism a crime and consider activists to be traitors or spies’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to today’s decision by...

Senegal: Restraint needed as three-day protest announced in wake of deaths

Protests triggered by arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko Individuals in plain clothes armed with clubs and guns seen beating up protesters ‘Members of the security forces who use excessive...

Belarus: women activists subject to threats and abuse for taking part in protests - new report

‘Belarus: Women on the Front Line’ highlights the important role women activists have played in recent protests ‘In a deeply patriarchal society with endemic domestic violence, women in Belarus have...

Switzerland: Face covering ban 'dangerous and violates freedom of expression'

Country narrowly voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women Responding to the news that a Swiss referendum has voted in favour of banning...

UK/Iran: developments in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case are 'bittersweet'

Reports that British national Zaghari-Ratcliffe will have her ankle tag removed but but will be required to attend court this week 'After all Nazanin’s been through this feels like yet another example...