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Qatar's lifting of travel restrictions for many migrant workers welcomed

‘Law No 13’ means majority of country’s 1.9m migrant workers now free to leave country without employer’s permission, though domestic workers not covered Country urged to make wider labour reform a...

Syria: warning over 'dire' situation for civilians in Idlib

Warning comes ahead of crucial summit in Tehran on Friday ‘The lives of millions of people in Idlib are now in the hands of Russia, Turkey and Iran’ - Samah Hadid Ahead of the presidential summit set...

UK: Six-year old British boy denied entry to UK 'deeply disturbing and shameful'

Responding to reports that the Home Office has revoked the passport and denied travel to the UK to six-year old Mohamed Barrak Diallo Bangoura following a holiday in Belgium, Allan Hogarth, Amnesty...

Iran: husband of hunger-striking human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested

Reza Khandan has campaigned for his wife’s release and against women being forced to wear the veil in Iran Responding to the arrest in Iran this morning of Reza Khandan, the husband of prominent...

Iran: lawyers arrested over weekend as crackdown on civil society intensifies

Those being targeted include lawyers and activists associated with the campaign against forced wearing of the hijab ‘The human rights situation in Iran has reached crisis point’ - Philip Luther The...

Malaysia: Caning of two women "atrocious"

Two women in Malaysia have been caned after they were convicted of attempting to have consensual same-sex sexual relations with each other. The women were canned six times each in a courtroom in...

Myanmar: Guilty verdict against Reuters journalists sends stark warning on press freedom

Responding to the news that Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of breaching Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act, Tirana Hassan...

Taiwan: first execution under new presidency condemned

39-year-old man executed by firing squad this morning - had originally received a life sentence First execution since 2016 is ‘a crushing setback to abolition hopes’ Responding to the execution of a...

Northern Ireland: deep concern at arrest of investigative journalists

Amnesty International has said it is deeply concerned at the reported arrest of two investigative journalists in Northern Ireland. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who worked on the...

Iran: Nazanin-Zaghari-Ratcliffe's panic attacks highlight 'exceptionally cruel' treatment

‘What the Iranian authorities are doing to Nazanin is exceptionally cruel’ - Kate Allen Responding to reports from her husband that the jailed British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has...