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Patrick Stewart, Vivienne Westwood and Anish Kapoor urge MPs to vote to facilitate refugee family reunion

Actors, musicians and artists including Peter Capaldi, Neil Gaiman, the Kaiser Chiefs, and Anita Rani have urged their MPs to vote on changes to restrictive UK laws On Friday 16 March, Angus MacNeil’s...

Spain's terrorism law is 'outlawing political satire' - new report

The Spanish authorities are using counter-terror laws to crack down on online creativity in a chilling attack on freedom of expression, a new report from Amnesty International has warned today. The 16...

Israel jails Palestinian activist who protested over Ahed Tamimi's arrest

Munther Amira becomes latest peaceful protester jailed in occupied West Bank ‘Yet again, the Israeli authorities are responding to peaceful protest with arbitrary imprisonment’ - Magdalena Mughrabi...

Bangladesh: International support for Rohingya refugees is urgently needed

Responding to news that UN officials have called for approximately £720 million in assistance for the huge numbers of Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty...

Myanmar: 'land grab on a dramatic scale' as military builds on flattened Rohingya villages

Myanmar’s military is involved in a land grab on a dramatic scale in Rakhine State, with the authorities building security force bases on land where Rohingya villages were burned to the ground just...

Manus Island: Forced deportations of asylum-seekers putting lives at risk

Reacting to news that Australia and Papua New Guinea have begun deporting men from the controversial Manus Island detention facility, Kate Schuetze, Amnesty Australia’s Refugee Researcher, said: "No...

Northern Ireland: Secretary of State must urgently release funding for legacy inquests

Amnesty International has called on the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley to urgently release funding for legacy inquests following a ruling by Justice Sir Paul Girvan that Arlene...

International Women's Day: Amnesty celebrates with 'Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain' launch

Over the past month Amnesty has worked with newspaper groups and major websites to scour the country for women who embody the continuing suffragette spirit ‘I imagine if Emmeline and Sylvia [Pankhurst...

International Women’s Day: Northern Ireland women highlighted as Amnesty launches Suffragette Spirit map

“I imagine if Emmeline and Sylvia [Pankhurst] could see this map, they would be extraordinarily moved” - Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst Women from Northern Ireland are...

Myanmar military's denial of violence against Rohingya 'a blatant lie', says Amnesty

Responding to the Myanmar military’s rejection of responsibility for crimes committed against the Rohingya, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “The Myanmar military’s denials of...