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Indonesia: More than 70 killed by police in crackdown ahead of Asian Games

Indonesian police have shot dead more than 70 people in an escalating crackdown on what they have called ‘petty criminals’ in the lead-up to the 2018 Asian Games, which open tomorrow in Jakarta, said...

Amnesty International's new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo sets his vision for human rights

Amnesty’s first South African Secretary General begins his term in office “We need to redefine what it means to be a human rights champion in 2018” The human rights movement needs to be bigger, bolder...

Turkey: Amnesty Chair to be released after more than a year behind bars

Following a decision by a court in Istanbul to release the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, Taner Kılıç , after more than fourteen months behind bars, Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s new...

Syria film/discussion event will highlight plight of prisoners in Assad's jails

Event comes after spate of chilling detainee death notifications issued by Syrian authorities 17-minute documentary film ‘Alive in Graves’ to be shown ‘It was like a part of my soul died … after that...

Egypt: no justice for 900 Rabaa Massacre victims, as mass show trial continues

On 14 August 2013, security forces opened fire on people in protest camps in two squares in Cairo, killing hundreds Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among 739 on trial while army officers are promised...

Italy and Malta's refusal to accept refugee rescue ship is 'pure cruelty'

Responding to reports that the authorities in Italy and Malta have closed their ports to the Aquarius, with 141 people aboard - including 73 children - Maria Serrano, Amnesty International’s Senior...

USA: state of Nebraska set to carry out first execution in 21 years

‘The US capital justice system is fundamentally broken’ - Kristina Roth Amnesty International is urging the authorities in the US state of Nebraska to cancel plans to carry out its first execution in...

Gambia: families of activists persecuted by brutal regime still seeking justice

FILM SCREENING AND Q&A: LONDON, 7pm, MONDAY 13 AUGUST 2018 Documentary tells the stories of human rights defenders fighting against former-President Jammeh’s oppressive state Many families still...

Cameroon: 'Shocking' new video shows more brutal executions by armed forces

A horrifying video obtained by Amnesty International shows Cameroonian security forces shooting at least a dozen unarmed people during a military operation in the Far North region of the country, the...

Bangladesh: Release of Briton Hasnat Karim 'long overdue'

Responding to the news that Hasnat Karim, a British man held for two years in connection with a terror attack in Bangladesh, has been released without charge, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK...