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Repressive new bill would allow indefinite detention for irregular migrants and people seeking asylum Migrants tell Amnesty of harsh conditions in detention centres, with hunger strikes and people...
Justyna Wydrzyńska sentenced to eight months’ community service for assisting pregnant women in obtaining abortion pills Abortion is subject to a near-total ban in Poland ‘ The case sets a dangerous...
Tropical Cyclone Freddy has been one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere ‘[These countries] are facing the full force of storms intensifying due to global warming' -...
Hussein Abo al-Kheir was subjected to an unfair trial and allegedly tortured - UN recently called for his ‘immediate and unconditional’ release Saudi authorities have already executed 11 people so far...
Greater availability of ‘less-lethal’ weapons has led to rise in the use of force against protesters, with huge increase in eye injuries resulting in blindness There were more than 440 eye injuries...
PSNI has strip searched children as young as 12 to 14 years old Between 2021 and 2022, 53 strip searches were carried out on children ‘The use of strip searches on children is a serious violation of...
World football body meets in Rwanda this week with FAs set to demand compensation for migrant workers abused in Qatar Amnesty and Avaaz have handed over more than one million signatures from 190...
Local Amnesty group will display ‘No Qatari sportswashing at United!’ banner during Sunday’s home game against Southampton Manchester United supporters belonging to the local Amnesty International...
The US$161.1 billion in annual profits posted today by the Saudi Arabian state-backed oil company Saudi Aramco, the most ever disclosed by a company in a single year, should be used to fund a human...
President Kais Saied’s racist speech last month has incited a wave of violence against Black Africans New testimonies illustrate horror of mob attacks ‘The community of Black African migrants in...