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Myanmar: Jeremy Hunt must show 'true human rights leadership' to help Rohingya

Ahead of the Foreign Secretary’s visit to Myanmar, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “This visit represents a chance for the UK to show its commitment to human rights on a global...

Syria: cluster munitions and barrel bombs being used against civilians in Idlib

Schools and homes hit, as residents describe school playground littered with potentially-lethal cluster ‘bomblets’ ‘I saw several injured people. They were laying on the streets waiting for medical...

Puerto Rico: New evidence shows Hurricane Maria survivors denied essential water

Amnesty International is demanding that the Puerto Rican and US federal governments initiate an independent investigation into the authorities' response to last year’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico...

United States: Potential deportation fund between USA and Mexico will create a 'wall of humanity'

Amnesty International has slammed the Trump administration’s intentions to pay the Mexican government millions of dollars to deport irregular migrants and insisted that the move must not be allowed to...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi's defence of journalist jailings is 'shameful'

Responding to comments by Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi at the World Economic Forum in Hanoi today defending the recent jailing of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Amnesty International’s...

Campaigners win vital battle against UK mass surveillance at European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that UK laws enabling mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Judges found that: The UK’s historical bulk...

Zimbabwe must ensure cholera outbreak is managed better than disaster of 2008

‘No lessons were learned from the 2008 epidemic’ - Jessica Pwiti The Zimbabwean authorities must take urgent measures to prevent the spread of a cholera epidemic that has so far claimed 20 lives, said...

USA: gun violence is 'a human rights crisis' - new report

Call for national regulations over licensing and registering firearms Young men of colour 20 times more likely to die through gun violence than white counterparts 38,000 people killed in 2016, with...

Hungary: 'Historic vote' protects fundamental human rights

Reacting to the European Parliament’s decision this morning to trigger Article 7 proceedings for Hungary, Berber Biala-Hettinga, Amnesty International’s expert on human rights in the EU, said: “In...

TUC Congress: decision on trans rights is 'important step forward'

‘Support from the UK’s largest social movement is crucial’ - Shane Enright Amnesty International UK has strongly welcomed a unanimous decision today by the TUC to campaign for a reformed Gender...