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Kenya: Taiwanese nationals must not be deported to China

Kenya must not “sacrifice these individuals’ rights for political expediency”

Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes justice minister call on undercover police inquiry

Amnesty International has welcomed Northern Ireland Justice Minister Claire Sugden’s call for an extension to the Pitchford Inquiry into controversial undercover police units working for Scot

China: Human rights lawyer's conviction denounced as 'political charade'

The Chinese authorities must end their relentless suppression of human rights lawyers and activists, Amnesty International said today, after a prominent lawyer became the latest to be convicted aft

Iran hangs teenage student in first child offender execution of the year

Student Hassan Afshar is first child offender executed in country this year

UN Refugee Summit talks end in abject failure

World leaders have wasted a critical opportunity to tackle the global refugee crisis, said Amnesty International today after talks for a new UN refugee deal ended falling far short of expectations.

US state of Delaware's abolition of the death penalty puts it on 'right side of history'

‘Delaware today has joined a growing majority on the right side of history’ - James Clark

Home Affairs Committee's call in today's migration report for EU deal with Libya is 'very dangerous'

The Committee’s call for an EU deal with Libya to tackle people smuggling is very dangerous and fails to address the absence of any effective Government with which to deal.

Australia: investigation discovers appalling abuse of refugees on Nauru

‘Few other countries go to such lengths to deliberately inflict suffering on people seeking safety and freedom’ - Anna Neistat

Turkey: response to President Erdoğan’s speech challenging Amnesty's torture findings

‘The serious human rights violations documented by an Amnesty International team on the ground in Turkey are alarming’ - Salil Shetty

Brazil: Daily shootouts and alarming rise in police killings puts Olympic legacy at risk

In July 756 shootings with 51 fatal victims reported via Amnesty Crossfire app Crossfire app has had 35,000 downloads in first month of launch