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London (Sat 24 March): 'March for our Lives' gun control protest at US Embassy

Amnesty International will be attending the “March For Our Lives” US gun control event in London on 24 March. The protest rally - organised by US nationals studying at the London School of Economics...

'Toxic' Twitter is failing women by letting online violence thrive - new research

On the day Twitter celebrates 12 years since the first tweet , Amnesty launches campaign challenging Twitter’s failure to prevent online violence and abuse against women Fewer than 1 in 10 British...

USA: New Saudi arms deal risks further human rights abuses in Yemen

Responding to reports that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. President Donald Trump finalised a new £8.9 billion ($12.5 billon) arms deal in a meeting today at the White House, Raed...

USA: Trump's comments on death penalty for drugs offences condemned

‘The death penalty will not lower the alarming number of deaths related to the use of opioids’ - Kristina Roth Responding to an announcement by US President Donald Trump yesterday that his...

UK/Ireland: Hooded men torture ruling is 'very disappointing', says Amnesty

Amnesty International is disappointed at the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling refusing to revise its 1978 conclusion that the treatment to which the United Kingdom subjected the 14 ‘hooded men’...

Italy's targeting of NGO rescue ship shows 'reckless disregard for common decency'

Members of Proactiva Open Arms group being investigated for ‘criminal conspiracy’ despite rescuing refugees and migrants Following the Italian authorities’ seizure of a Spanish NGO rescue boat...

Nigeria: Security forces failed to act on warnings about Boko Haram attack before abduction of schoolgirls

Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards a town where they abducted 110 schoolgirls last month, an investigation by Amnesty...

UK/Ireland: Landmark judgement due in 'hooded men' torture case

The European Court of Human Rights will tomorrow (Tuesday 20 March) deliver their judgement in the case of the ‘hooded men’. The case involves the torture and ill-treatment of the 14 so-called ‘hooded...

Maldives: mass arrests mark heightened repression

Since last night (16 March), at least 139 peaceful demonstrators in the Maldives have been detained. The demonstrators were protesting the recently declared state of emergency , and for the release of...

MPs vote to reunite families torn apart by conflict

MPs from across the political divide voted today in favour of changing the law to enable families divided by conflict and persecution to be reunited in Britain. A Private Member’s Bill from the SNP’s...