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Group of 104 organisations sign open letter urging UN to avoid flawed IHRA definition Legitimate criticism of Israel’s human rights policies must not be suppressed, they say ‘The UN’s adoption or...
In response to the Government’s plan to ignore ECHR rulings could be written into the Immigration Bill, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “The...
‘By forming the APPG, MPs and peers are sending a strong message to the US administration’ - Sara Birch A newly-formed group of parliamentarians is set to campaign for the closure of the notorious US...
More than 100 people killed, over 600 injured and tens of thousands displaced Indiscriminate shelling has caused significant damage to homes, hospitals, schools and mosques ‘My daughter was buried in...
In response to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s speech marking the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s 25th anniversary at Queen’s University Belfast today, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s...
Following the outbreak of armed conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an independent paramilitary force, which erupted on the morning of Saturday 15 April in...
‘This verdict wrongly conflates human rights activism with high treason and is reminiscent of Stalin-era repression’ - Natalia Zviagina Responding to news that the British-Russian political activist...
In response to reports that the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group has withdrawn from several areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North-Kivu province, including the towns of Kishishe, Bambo...
Unjustly jailed labour rights activist says authorities are using detained dual nationals as ‘a valuable commodity’ and trying to get ‘large sums of money’ Raoof’s MP Jeremy Corbyn calls for action...
In reaction to US President Joe Biden’s speech at the University of Ulster in Belfast today celebrating the Good Friday Agreement, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland Deputy...