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New Zealand: Award-winning Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani granted visa

Behrouz Boochani, an award-winning journalist from Iran who is known for his work reporting on human rights abuses, has been granted asylum in New Zealand. In November last year, he was invited to...

Adwoa Aboah, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Dua Lipa, Gemma Chan and Olivia Colman join thousands in urging the Government to ensure equal protection for all domestic abuse survivors

A 30,000-strong petition will be delivered to the Home Secretary today, calling for domestic abuse laws to provide safety for migrant women MPs voted against amendments that would have provided...

Brazil: auditor calls out meat company JBS's claims over Amazon supply chain

Major Amnesty report recently showed firm sourced cattle illegally grazed in protected areas of Amazon Norway-based auditor dismisses JBS claims over good practice JBS needs to ‘ensure its beef supply...

Malaysia: court ruling against caning Rohingya refugees welcomed

Responding to news that earlier today a Malaysian court ruled to set aside the penalty of three strokes of the cane against 27 Rohingya men , Rachel Chhoa-Howard, Amnesty International’s Malaysia...

UK: Lords must prevent dangerous extension of Home Office immigration powers

Ahead of the second reading of the Immigration Bill in the House of Lords today, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK Director said: “The UK’s immigration system is in urgent need of reform. The...

UK: Home Secretary calls Windrush scandal 'ugly stain' on the country

Speaking in Parliament today , UK Home Secretary Priti Patel described the Windrush scandal as an “ugly stain on the face of the country and on the Home Office", and committed to deliver both...

Malaysia: Rohingya refugees face 'vicious' caning sentences

Men face caning and months in jail for supposed immigration offences in court hearings this week ‘The inhumanity of this approach is atrocious’ - Rachel Chhoa-Howard The Malaysian authorities must...

Ethiopia: Fears grow for thousands arrested after killing of Oromo singer

The authorities in Ethiopia must immediately reveal the whereabouts of dozens of politicians and journalists who were arrested alongside other people following widespread protests and violence on 29...

USA: 100 NGOs call for detained migrant families to be released - new letter

27 July deadline looming ‘Detained families must now be afforded the fair chance to seek asylum they never received’ - letter to ICE Amnesty International and more than 100 NGOs have signed a letter...

UN: Angelina Jolie cites forthcoming Amnesty report on Yezidi children

‘Promises must be kept’ to help child survivors of ISIS atrocities, says Jolie New Amnesty report out on 30 July ‘The trauma is still very much present for children brutalised by the conflict’ - Matt...