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Malaysia: Threat to force 269 Rohingya boat people back to sea is a 'new low'

Vessel landed at Langkawi island on 8 June, with woman’s dead body and many survivors barely able to walk Coastguard says it has pushed other boats back out to sea ‘This is an unprecedented and...

Amnesty gives cautious welcome to UK government U-turn on contact tracing app

Amnesty International UK has given a cautious welcome to news that the UK Government is planning to abandon its previous plans for a centralised COVID-19 contact tracing app in favour of a Google...

Egypt: medics arrested for speaking out over COVID-19 failings

Six doctors and two pharmacists arrested, and medics transferred to quarantine hospitals for speaking out Pregnant doctor detained after her phone used to report coronavirus case ‘The Egyptian...

Amnesty calls for condemnation of far-right violence after clashes in Glasgow

Amnesty International today urged authorities in Scotland to take all feasible measures to ensure the protection of peaceful protesters and respect their right to freedom of assembly in the face of...

Nigeria: Shell still failing to clean up pollution in Niger Delta

Only 11% of contaminated sites have even seen clean-up operations begin Thousands of Ogoni people still facing serious health risks, some unable to access safe drinking water Supreme Court to hear...

Northern Ireland: MPs vote through abortion regulations with strong majority

MPs have voted to confirm Northern Ireland’s abortion regulations with a majority of 253 votes to 136. This is the final parliamentary stage and means the regulations will continue to underpin...

China: Human rights lawyer jailed for four years must be released

Responding to the four-year jail sentence handed to Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng after a secret trial, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin said: “Yu...

USA: Trump's executive order on policing a 'band-aid for a bullet wound'

Responding to an Executive Order by US President Donald Trump on policing, Kristina Roth, Amnesty International USA’s Senior Programmes Officer on Criminal Justice, said: "President Trump’s Executive...

Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway's contact-tracing apps among most privacy-infringing

COVID-19 apps putting privacy and security of hundreds of thousands at risk U-turn from Norwegian Government yesterday welcomed ‘Privacy must not be another casualty as governments rush to roll out...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty and CAJ raise concerns over laws restricting protest ahead of Assembly debate

Human rights organisations concerned at last-minute law changes and PSNI action against Black Lives Matter protests Amnesty International UK and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)...