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Call comes as Black Lives Matter protests sweep across the world One facial recognition technology company claims to work with 600 US law-enforcement agencies ‘Surveillance only exacerbates the...
Hedayat Abdollahpour transferred to Revolutionary Guards custody three weeks ago ‘When the Revolutionary Guards do not tell you where your relative is, you better refer to the cemetery’ - prosecutor’s...
16 Pakistanis and Afghans subjected to five hours of abuse at Croatian border Tortured by black-uniformed officers who mocked their injuries and smeared ketchup on wounds as further humiliation ‘The...
In 2009, 11 campaigners were charged with ‘incitement to discrimination’ for handing out Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) leaflets, and given suspended fine of €1,000 and €7,000 in damages Today’s...
Al Bayt Stadium, one of Qatar 2022’s ‘crown jewels’, expected to stage semi-final Despite months of non-payment, FIFA apparently unaware of issue until last month ‘It shouldn’t take an Amnesty...
Responding to recently-released footage showing 62-year-old Millard Scott falling down stairs after being Tasered by Metropolitan Police officers in north London in April, Amnesty International has...
Tom Ciotkowski pushed violently by police after recording a French police officer reportedly pushing another volunteer in Calais in 2018 Instead of being treated as a victim of police violence, he was...
Nabeel has repeatedly been targeted for his human rights work and peaceful criticism over the past two decades While the terms of his new sentence are not yet clear, they could include alternative...
In response to reports of huge levels of online abuse against black women MPs for defending Black Lives Matter protests, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “Reports of horrifying...
The last-minute introduction of fines against peaceful Black Lives Matter protests in Northern Ireland over the weekend is “unacceptable”, Amnesty International UK and the Committee on the...