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Myanmar: Forced starvation of Rohingya highlights danger of premature returns

Responding to the UN’s finding that Myanmar is continuing its campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya through “forced starvation”, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director of Southeast...

Sri Lanka: State of emergency must respect human rights

The Sri Lankan authorities must respect human rights under the state of emergency that was declared today, Amnesty International has said. Yesterday, a mob set homes, shops and a mosque belonging to...

Syria: Amnesty calls on United Nations Human Rights Council to hold those responsible for atrocities in Eastern Ghouta to account

Responding to the impending vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council on a resolution on the situation in Eastern Ghouta, Kevin Whelan, Senior Advocate at Amnesty International, said: “The...

Egypt: fears that lawyer Ezzat Ghonim is latest human rights activist to be 'disappeared'

Family and friends raise alarm after Mr Ghonim failed to return home last night Case comes after numerous activists ‘disappeared’ into secret state custody The authorities ‘must disclose any...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Government crackdown on child labour must address root causes

Responding to an announcement by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government that it is launching a new drive to tackle child labour in cobalt and copper mines, Seema Joshi, Head of Business...

Ethiopia: State of emergency approval by MPs 'disappointing and irresponsible'

Responding to news that the Ethiopian parliament has approved the government’s state of emergency declaration in full today, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “It is...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty calls for clerical child abuse inquiry following latest revelations

Amnesty International has called for Secretary of State Karen Bradley to set up a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland following revelations of abuse by Father Malachy...

Undercover policing inquiry must be extended to Northern Ireland, say Amnesty

Amnesty International has called on the UK Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to agree to extend the Undercover Policing Inquiry ( UCPI ) to Northern Ireland. The call follow...

Egypt's use of banned cluster bombs in Sinai confirmed

Egyptian military’s false claims over IEDs from ‘terrorist elements’ debunked by expert analysis of video ‘This new video confirms our worst fears, that the Egyptian Armed Forces are using cluster...

Syria: Chemical weapons pact with North Korea would be a 'betrayal of humanity'

Reacting to a New York Times article alleging that an unpublished United Nations report reveals that from 2012 to 2017 North Korea secretly shipped supplies to Syria that could be used to produce...