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UK: Crucial opportunity for MPs to fix 'harmful' immigration system

Ahead of the second reading of the UK’s Immigration Bill which will take place this afternoon, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty UK, said: “The current pandemic has exposed the damaging impact of the UK...

UK human rights organisations speak out for trans equality amidst growing threats to trans rights

Amnesty International, Liberty, and Human Rights Watch stand together in fight for trans equality Groups highlight how dehumanising discussions and ‘debates’ lead to human rights abuses Statement...

Hong Kong: report into police conduct during protests denounced as 'biased'

Carrie Lam’s endorsement of report suggests authorities want to ‘whitewash’ police violence ‘The report has no impartiality, and the IPCC has no power to conduct a truly independent investigation’ -...

UK: reports of intimidation of hospital PPE whistleblowers 'very alarming'

Amnesty International has described as “very alarming” new reports of hospital whistleblowers being “intimidated” by senior managers for having raised concerns over shortages of personal protective...

Zimbabwe: Authorities must account for disappearance of three opposition leaders after COVID-19 protest

Three leaders from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change – Alliance (MDC-Alliance) have been missing since yesterday The women were part of a demonstration organised against the state’s...

Saudi Arabia: 'heartbreaking' two-year anniversary of jailed women's rights activists

Right-to-drive campaigner Loujain Al-Hathloul and four other activists currently in jail - eight others also on trial At least ten of the activists tortured in detention Anniversary comes as Saudi...

Global: Starvation 'bigger threat' than COVID-19 in many refugee camps

Governments around the world ‘preventing deliveries of food and water, locking people up, or sending them back to war and persecution’ Amnesty calls for concerted global action to protect refugees as...

USA: Trump administration is 'weaponising COVID-19 to shut its borders to people seeking safety'

Reports suggest that Trump administration may indefinitely expand restrictions on right to seek asylum and humanitarian protections at border ‘Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination won't make people...

Cambodia: 'War on Drugs' is rife with torture, corruption and on brink of triggering a COVID-19 catastrophe - New Report

‘War on drugs’ has led to human rights abuses and dangerously overfilled detention facilities in the midst of the pandemic Cambodia’s largest prison facility, Phnom Penh’s CC1, exceeded 9,500...

Northern Ireland: Contact tracing app privacy and cross-border concerns raised with Executive 

Amnesty International has written to the Northern Ireland Executive raising concerns about data privacy and human rights protections related to any COVID-19 tracking digital app which may be adopted...