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Electric car and electronics companies still failing over child labour battery abuses - new report

Industry giants failing to tackle child labour abuse in cobalt battery supply chains via Democratic Republic of Congo and China Microsoft, Lenovo and Renault among worst, while UK company Vodafone...

Russia: Kremlin tightens stranglehold on foreign media

The Russian authorities will tighten their stranglehold on press freedom in the country today by introducing a bill that designates foreign-funded news organisations as “foreign agents” and imposes...

Myanmar military 'trying to sweep serious violations against Rohingya under the carpet'

In response to findings released today following the Myanmar military’s internal investigation into violence in northern Rakhine State since 25 August, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional...

Nigeria: 'Ruthless' forced evictions leave 11 dead and 30,000 homeless - new report

The Nigerian authorities must halt a violent campaign of forced evictions in waterfront communities in Lagos State, which has left more than 30,000 people homeless and 11 dead, Amnesty International...

Syrian forces' 'surrender or starve' tactics are crimes against humanity - new report

The Syrian government has used starvation as a method of warfare Armed opposition groups have also used sieges, bombardments and starvation to force thousands of civilians to leave their homes Report...

Philippines: Donald Trump must challenge Duterte's 'horrifying human rights abuses'

As US President Donald Trump prepares to meet leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines capital of Manila on 12 and 13 November, Amnesty is calling on him...

New FIFA report 'should be a wake-up call' on World Cup worker abuse

‘This is FIFA’s own independent human rights advisory board telling it to take a clear position on Qatar’s laws’ - James Lynch The world football body FIFA should act immediately on a series of...

Zimbabwe: US woman granted bail for Mugabe tweet but 'absurd charges' must be dropped

“Expressing an opinion in a tweet is not a crime” - Cousin Zilala In response to a Zimbabwean court’s decision to grant bail to Martha O’Donovan, a US citizen who was detained last week after being...

Manus Island: Authorities must not use force to remove refugees

Responding to a notice issued by Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities this morning at the Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island stating that refugees must leave the centre by November 11 or be...

Egypt: proposed new law criminalising same-sex relations could see long prison sentences

‘Deeply discriminatory’ bill comes after rainbow flag LGBTI crackdown, with at least 75 arrested Those convicted could be jailed for 15 years Authorities could publicly ‘shame’ those jailed by...