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UK: Care home deaths 'raise serious questions around consequence' of Government PPE failures

Responding to latest ONS figures which show a record-high number of deaths linked to coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK Director, said: “These figures...

Greece: COVID-19 exposes urgent need to rescue the country's austerity-ravaged health system

Greek government introduced austerity measures in 2010, slashing public spending by 32 percent and public health expenditure by nearly 43 percent New report outlines how the Government desperately...

UK: 72% of UK think more should be done to protect all domestic abuse victims

Amnesty poll reveals strong UK public support for the Government to do more to tackle domestic abuse emergency during pandemic Majority support more being done to protect vulnerable victims -...

US military confirms civilian casualties from shadowy war in Somalia

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has acknowledged the killing of two Somali civilians and the injury of three others in an air strike. Amnesty International today said this acknowledgement was a...

UK: domestic abuse action plan 'crucial' and must leave no victim behind

The Commons Home Affairs Committee has urged the Government to take action on domestic abuse to avoid ‘devastating consequences’ Domestic Abuse Bill returns to Parliament this week Amnesty warns that...

BRAZIL: Dismay as Bolsonaro questions impartiality of Franco investigation

Amnesty International reacted with dismay after the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro launched a tirade against the investigation into the killing of human rights defender Marielle Franco...

Amazon: Online giant must do more to protect warehouse and delivery workers during COVID-19 crisis

Hundreds of US Amazon workers to call in sick in protest today at lack of safety safeguards Reports of new coronavirus cases emerging at warehouses in Indiana and New Jersey Amazon’s profits have...

Saudi Arabia: 'fearless' human rights activist dies in detention

Dr Abdullah al-Hamid was serving 11 years for ‘breaking allegiance to the ruler’ among other supposed offences The activist suffered a stroke and had been in a coma for past two weeks ‘Dr al-Hamid’s...

UN warning that COVID-19 risks become human rights crisis a 'timely reminder' to put the most vulnerable first

‘A world that protects the rights of a lucky few is unhealthy and unsustainable’ – Steve Cockburn UN Secretary-General António Guterres has published a report on the need for a human rights centred...

UK: Review into impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities urgently required

‘Incredibly troubling’ new figures show ethnic minorities dying of COVID-19 at much higher rate Responding to new analysis showing that people from minority ethnic groups appear to be over-represented...