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USA: Biden's newly-signed hate crimes legislation is 'major step forward'

COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act promises accountability for violence against Asian and other communities of colour ‘The US must confront and uproot the systems of white supremacy’ - Joanne Lin Responding to...

USA/Colombia: fresh evidence of US weapons being used against protesters

Two types of US-made grenade launchers used by Colombian security forces Four weeks of protests have been met by police violence, with dozens of deaths ‘The United States role in fueling ceaseless...

Global Health Summit: G20 Leaders must push pharma companies to share life-saving technology

Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ to be agreed at summit includes no mention of waiving vaccine patents Under current plans, less developed countries will not receive enough doses to achieve widespread...

Switzerland: Violence and racism in asylum centres run by private security companies - new report

New report includes disturbing testimony, with guards themselves shocked at orders they received Some asylum-seekers, including children, put in freezing-cold steel containers - or ‘reflection rooms’...

Spain/Morocco: migrants subjected to violence and used as 'pawns' at Ceuta border

Children beaten by Spanish guards after border gates thrown open Stand-off appears to be Morocco’s ‘retaliation’ for separatist leader’s medical treatment in Spain ‘Spanish abuses are also EU abuses’...

Belarus: Leading news site blocked and journalists interrogated

TUT.by, relied on by more than 40% of Belarusian internet users, taken down and editors interrogated after office and house raids Move follows jailing of TUT.by reporter in March ‘It is a full-scale...

Russia: proposed new laws will criminalise Navalny supporters

Up to 200,000 Navalny supporters could fall foul of new laws Parliamentarians urged to reject bills threatening freedom of association and expression ‘Having unjustly imprisoned its arch foe, the...

Denmark: Nationwide demonstrations planned against deportation of Syrian refugees

Large demo to take place in Copenhagen tomorrow At least 39 Syrians in country have received their final assessment and are now in position to be deported ‘Our research shows that Syrians who have...

Amnesty UK welcomes new Chief Executive Officer

Amnesty International UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Sacha Deshmukh as its new interim Chief Executive Officer. He will lead Amnesty UK until at least January 2022 as the organisation...

USA: Biden's approval of weapons sale to Israel puts civilians at greater risk

$735m arms sale announced despite rapidly rising civilian death toll in Gaza Call on UK to conduct ‘full review’ of its weapons sales to region ‘Congress must oppose this sale’ - Philippe Nassif...