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USA: after Hawaii ruling Trump administration should drop discriminatory travel ban entirely

Following a preliminary injunction against the controversial Muslim ban in the US state of Hawaii late yesterday, Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said: “The courts...

Giant paper chain and petition calling on UK Government to stop separating refugee families

Amnesty International and the Student Action for Refugees (STAR) will be linking the Home Office and the Department for Education with a giant paper chain on Thursday 30 March and presenting a 31,000...

Giant paper chain and petition calling on UK Government to stop separating refugee families

Amnesty International and the Student Action for Refugees (STAR) will be linking the Home Office and the Department for Education with a giant paper chain on Thursday 30 March and presenting a 30,000...

UAE: prominent academic jailed for ten years over tweets

‘Dr Nasser bin Ghaith is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for the peaceful expression of his conscientiously-held beliefs’ - Lynn Maalouf In response to the sentencing today of the Emirati human...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: deaths of two UN experts must be fully investigated

In response to the killing of two UN experts in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the...

Football Welcomes: Clubs to celebrate contribution refugees have made to football - 22/23 April

Date marks 80 th anniversary of arrival in UK of some of the first refugees to play professional football here, after bombing of Guernica during Spanish Civil War Football clubs across the country...

Article 50: EU nationals in Northern Ireland must have rights guaranteed

“Tens of thousands of people who cross the border on a daily basis for work, education and family purposes must be given guarantees that their rights are not going to be diminished.” – Patrick...

Jordan: Arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and surrender him to the ICC

Jordan must immediately arrest Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, said...

Article 50: Government should ensure human rights are protected

Amnesty International UK is calling on the Government to use the triggering of Article 50 as an opportunity to promote its commitment to human rights, by making it clear rights will be prioritised...

Mosul, Iraq: civilians killed by coalition airstrikes after being told not to flee

Scale of civilian deaths raises questions over rules of engagement being used by US-led coalition and Iraqi forces ‘Did the government, the coalition think how to protect the civilians in this war? It...