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Lebanon: Pager attacks 'bear the hallmarks of a sinister dystopian nightmare' - witness testimonies

Pager and walkie-talkie attacks should be investigated as war crimes ‘He took the pager in his hands, I was looking at it, and it said ERROR …. then the pager exploded’ – Witness ‘Detonating thousands...

Northern Ireland: Troubles Act judgment a 'victory for victims'

Responding to today's judgment from the Court of Appeal in Belfast to a challenge to the Troubles Act , Grainne Teggart, Northern Ireland Deputy Director for Amnesty International UK, said: "Today is...

UK: company run by retired police officers promoting electric-shock torture equipment

Film obtained from Birmingham trade fair shows staff at UK company The Squad Group Ltd demonstrating electric-shock gloves which deliver painful electric shocks Call on West Midlands Police and HM...

Hong Kong: Prison sentence for wearing slogan T-shirt is ‘blatant attack’ on freedom of expression

Hong Kong man is first to be sentenced under repressive new law The Government must stop using ‘sedition’ laws to silence dissent ‘Chu Kai-pong has committed no internationally recognised crime and he...

Israel/OPT: UNGA resolution 'makes crystal-clear' that Israel must end unlawful occupation of Occupied Palestinian Territory

UNGA resolution passed with 124 votes in favour, 43 abstentions and 14 against including the US and Israel The resolution was based on a July advisory opinion by the ICJ that said Israel's continued...

UK: Government must stop doing deals to offload asylum responsibilities

After eight deaths in the Channel this weekend, and ahead of Starmer’s meeting on asylum with Italian Premier Georgia Meloni, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, Steve...

UK: latest Channel crossing deaths are another 'avoidable tragedy'

Responding to reports that eight people have died during an attempted crossing of the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “This is yet...

Iran: authorities still cracking down two years on from nationwide women's protests

Mahsa Amini’s death in custody on 16 September 2022 sparked the nationwide Woman Life Freedom protests followed by a brutal crackdown by the authorities A ‘war on women’ has escalated with intensified...

Saudi Arabia: 40 NGOs call on Saudi authorities to release imprisoned online critics ahead of Internet Governance Forum

Saudi to host the Internet Governance Forum in 100 days Hosting forum reveals Government’s deep hypocrisy given its history of arbitrarily detaining people for expressing their views online Saudi...

Hong Kong: LGBTQ+ couples still denied equality one year on from landmark ruling

Same-sex relationships still not recognised in law Government needs to show progress taken since court ruling ‘Equality is being denied on a daily basis’ - Sarah Brooks One year after a landmark...