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Court of Appeal to consider whether suspected torturers visiting UK can be given diplomatic immunity

Case could have ‘far-reaching implications for diplomatic relations’ - Tawanda Mutasah The Court of Appeal is hearing an important case to determine whether members of special missions visiting the UK...

Israel: Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi sentenced to eight months in prison

The continued imprisonment of Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi is a flagrant attempt to intimidate those who dare challenge the circumstances of the ongoing occupation, Amnesty International has...

Iraq: 'alarming' reports of 3,000 on death row on terrorism charges

Figures leaked by government official appear to show more than 19,000 people detained on terrorism grounds, many accused of ISIS links Responding to an Associated Press report that the Iraqi...

Nigeria: Government must ensure Dapchi schoolgirls' welfare after return

Responding to today’s release of 101 of the schoolgirls abducted from a school in Dapchi, Nigeria, by the armed group Boko Haram last month, Osai Ojigho, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Director, said...

China: Social media campaign targets Apple over privacy betrayal for iCloud users

Amnesty International is launching a new social media campaign targeting Apple over its betrayal of millions of Chinese iCloud users by recklessly making their personal data vulnerable to the...

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’...