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Kenya: Nairobi hotel attack must be effectively investigated

Responding to the attack on the Dusit D2 hotel complex in Nairobi yesterday, Irungu Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya, said: “According to media reports, the insurgent group...

Zimbabwe: 8 killed and 200 detained in crackdown on fuel price protests

Reports of security forces using firearms and teargas as crackdown on protesters escalates ‘Years of political and economic mismanagement has brought Zimbabwe’s economy to its knees’ - Muleya...

China: Revoke death sentence against Canadian for drug crimes

‘We have seen before that in highly-politicised cases the trial is often a mere spectacle with the outcome already decided’ - William Nee Responding to a death sentence given by a Chinese court to...

Chechnya: new LGBTI crackdown is 'spine-chilling'

‘We are horrified by reports that at least two people have died from torture-inflicted injuries’ - Marie Struthers Amnesty International has received credible information that the authorities in the...

Amnesty Media Awards 2019: two weeks until deadline for entries

Cathy Newman announced as ceremony host Closing date for entries: Friday 25 January 2019 Enter here: https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/ Journalists,…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: hunger strike is a 'desperate measure'

Jailed UK charity worker set to begin three-day hunger strike with human rights defender Narges Mohammadi in protest at denial of medical care ‘It’s outrageous it’s had to come to this for Nazanin and...

Syria: US withdrawal without accepting responsibility for Raqqa deaths a 'humanitarian abomination'

US-led Coalition still refusing to accept responsibility for killing hundreds of civilians in Raqqa Reacting to today’s statement by the US-led Coalition that it has begun “the process of deliberate...

India: 'Politically-motivated' sedition case against Amnesty closed by court

A court order directing the closing of a sedition case filed against Amnesty India brings to an end a disgraceful attempt to stifle freedom of expression, the organisation said today. On Tuesday, a...

Myanmar: Reuters journalists' rejected appeal maintains 'an appalling farce'

Responding to news that a court in Myanmar has rejected the appeal by jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International’s Director of Crisis Response, said: “The...

Sudan: 'horrific attack' on hospital targets injured protesters

“It is not a crime to call for a better standard of living” - Sarah Jackson Amnesty International can confirm that Sudanese security forces stormed a hospital in the city of Omdurman last night...