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Cardiff: 'Stand Up in the Park' comedy event to highlight plight of UK nationals jailed in Iran

Clint Edwards, Esther Manito, Micky Overman and Daliso Chaponda headlining event show which will highlight cases of Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof ‘Comedy with a conscience’ night has previously...

Switzerland: 'History victory' as law amended to recognise that sex without consent is rape

Amendment will be formally voted in Parliament on 16 June ‘ Today’s vote is an important step to combatting widespread sexual violence in Switzerland’ - Cyrielle Huguenot In response to Switzerland's...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Outcome of war crimes trial of former Serb officials is 'historic moment'

Appeals court confirms that former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović aided and abetted murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity The final and binding ruling...

UK/Palestine: new 'politically-aware' cookery series launched with Joudie Kalla and Guz Khan

‘Palestine on a plate’ chef Joudie Kalla introduces comedian Guz Khan to traditional ‘fattet makdous’ dish The ‘Palestine at Home’ series is part of Amnesty’s ‘End Israeli Apartheid’ campaign...

Uganda: president's signing of highly repressive anti-LGBTI law is 'dark day' for human rights

Law could see death sentences handed down for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ Call for international community to mobilise against the law ‘The signing of this deeply repressive law is a grave assault on...

Meta: reparations for Myanmar's Rohingya must top tech giant's AGM

Various human rights shareholder resolutions filed ahead of Wednesday’s AGM Company’s dangerous algorithms substantially contributed to Myanmar military’s atrocities against Rohingya people in 2017...

Global: Landmark treaty to deliver justice to victims of genocide and war crimes agreed

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty agreed following negotiations between countries at meeting in Slovenia Treaty fills a gap in international law by clarifying and cementing obligations of countries to...

UK: Campaigners to hold Tiananmen vigil outside Chinese Embassy - 4 June

Candles will be held aloft and famous ‘white paper’ protest emulated Protest will also highlight current intimidation of Chinese/Hong Kong people in UK ‘The anniversary of the brutal Tiananmen...

Afghanistan: Taliban's treatment of women and girls is crime against humanity - Major New Report

Taliban’s treatment of women and girls should be considered a crime against humanity of ‘gender persecution’ Report provides legal assessment of why those fleeing persecution must be presumptively...

UK: latest ONS figures expose 'pointless harm' of toxic immigration debate

New figures confirm that net migration during 2022 surpassed that of previous years Data again shows people seeking asylum constituted very small proportion of people who came to UK, with small boat...