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Vietnam: Authorities crack down on Facebook users in bid to silence critics

The Vietnamese authorities are cracking down on social media users, Amnesty International warned, ahead of the controversial trial of government critic Nguyen Ngoc Anh tomorrow. Nguyen Ngoc Anh is an...

France: Refugee camp volunteers abused, choked and threatened by police - new report

Human rights defenders say abuse, intimidation and threats of arrest by French authorities have become “part and parcel of their daily work” 72 recorded instances of police abuse and harassment...

London: Streets around Chinese Embassy 'renamed' Tiananmen Square on anniversary of crackdown

Amnesty International activists today ‘renamed’ the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 30 th anniversary of the notorious Tiananmen Square crackdown. This morning, a total...

Northern Ireland: ‘Victory for press freedom’ as police drop case against investigative journalists

‘Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey have won a famous victory for press freedom’ - Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Durham Police to drop the criminal investigation of...

Sudan: international community should impose sanctions in response to 'senseless slaughter'

“Today’s bloodshed shows that the transitional authorities have utterly failed to turn the page on Sudan’s appalling human rights record” – Sarah Jackson Amnesty International today called on the...

Trump UK visit: activists unfurl giant 'Resist' banners in front of US Embassy

‘It was important to put this message right in front of the US Embassy itself’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International has unfurled giant “Resist” banners in front of the US Embassy in London as the US...

Russia: 'homophobic' censoring of Elton John Rocketman film condemned

Moscow screens version with all gay references removed ‘This mutilated version of the film insults and dehumanises same-sex relationships’ - Natalia Zviagina Censorship of the Russian version of the...

USA: Trump plans to block asylum to people from Central America

White House reportedly set to bar asylum applicants who transit through a third country, meaning only Mexicans could cross southern border to claim asylum ‘This latest policy is a disgusting example...

Northern Ireland: Important day for press freedom as police search warrants quashed

Amnesty International has welcomed the outcome of a judicial review in Belfast that quashed the warrant authorising police raids on the homes and offices of investigative journalists Trevor Birney and...

London: Streets around Chinese Embassy to be 'renamed' Tiananmen Square on anniversary of crackdown

Amnesty International activists will ‘rename’ the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in London next week to mark the 30th anniversary of the notorious Tiananmen Square crackdown. On Tuesday 4...