On Friday 16 September (7pm) Amnesty International UK is hosting a screening of the film ‘Little Gandhi’, an acclaimed documentary on Syria.

AUTHOR EVENT, SHOREDITCH, LONDON, 6PM, THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2016 Praise for HERE I STAND

As the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, is in Paris to discuss security issues and to reject calls to scrap the Le Touquet agreement that allows border checks to take place in Calais, Steve Symonds

Two Amnesty prisoners of conscience and “Write for Rights” cases Fred Bauma and Yves Makwambala among those released

‘The Israeli authorities must immediately investigate the allegations that Mohammed al-Halabi was mistreated in custody’ - Magdalena Mughrabi

‘Grotesque practice of secret detention continues to be denied by Ukrainian authorities, but the evidence is overwhelming’

Responding to the decision of France’s highest administrative court to overturn the ban on the burkini on a French beach, John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe Director said:

Amnesty International has expressed concern at “worryingly high” figures for hate crimes and incidents in Northern Ireland.

‘Not only are such bans in and of themselves discriminatory, but as we have seen, their enforcement leads to abuses and the degrading treatment of Muslim women and girls’ &ndash

Instead of releasing Islam Khalil, police beat him unconscious and brought fresh charges against him