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UK: Priti Patel accused of 'disastrous leadership' as asylum backlog increases again

New 2022 Q1 immigration figures show backlog of asylum claims awaiting a decision after more than six months at 73,207 Under Priti Patel, the Home Office has become a byword for backlogs and...

US: Texas shooting underscores how Government has 'allowed gun violence to become a human rights crisis'

Responding to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in the US state of Texas, Ernest Coverson, Amnesty International USA’s Ending Gun Violence Campaign Manager, said: “We find...

Saudi Arabia set to execute two Bahraini men after 'grossly unfair' trial

Jaafar Sultan and Sadeq Thamer held in solitary confinement for three-and-a-half months after arrest and denied legal representation New global statistics show ‘grim trend’ of increased executions in...

UK: Strip search case 'another manifestation of institutional racism and misogyny' in policing

In response to the police strip searching a child, Ilyas Nagdee, Amnesty International UK’s Racial Justice Director, said: “The use of strip searches against children is a serious violation of their...

Northern Ireland: MPs must reject Troubles Bill which would sound 'death knell for justice' for conflict victims

Amnesty International has called on MPs to reject the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which it warned will create a deeply unfair two-tier justice system and...

UK: Police 'remain in denial' about deep-rooted racism in the force

In response to the police chiefs new race action plan published today , Ilyas Nagdee, Amnesty International UK’s Racial Justice Director, said: “Racism is still rampant in policing and it’s...

Global use of death penalty up by 20% - major new report

Annual survey of capital punishment shows how courts re-opening after Covid fuelled increase in death sentences and executions Disturbing spikes in Iran and Saudi Arabia, while 86 people given death...

Israel: forced transfer of Bedouin is latest example of apartheid cruelty

Court is hearing residents’ appeal against being forced out of their homes in Bedouin village of Ras Jrabah in Negev/Naqab Israeli authorities are expanding nearby town of Dimona, home to mostly...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty call on police to stop strip searching children

Amnesty International has called on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to end the practice of strip searching children. The call comes after a report published today by The Detail revealed...

Global: Rich and powerful to meet at Davos amid 'gathering storm of human rights crises'

World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to begin on Sunday 22 May Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos that starts on Sunday (22 May), Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s...