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Greece: Proposed 'floating wall' will put refugee lives at risk

Responding to a proposal by the Greek government to install a 1.7 mile-long system of floating dams off the coast of Lesvos to deter new arrivals of people seeking asylum from Turkey, Massimo Moratti...

Mexico: Amnesty International demands guarantees over access to migrant detention centres

Amnesty International has described as “very grave” the decision by the Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) to temporarily suspend access by all religious associations and NGOs to the...

Asia-Pacific: New generation of activists lead fight against repression - annual report

A wave of youth-led protests across Asia is defying escalating repression and a continent-wide crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today, as it...

USA / Israel and OPT: Dismal 'peace deal' will only exacerbate violations

The Trump administration’s dismal package of proposals to violate international law and further strip Palestinians of their rights is a handbook for more suffering and abuses in Israel and the...

Gambia: 137 protesters arrested in violent clashes

Reports of three people killed, while two radio stations taken off air “Yesterday’s crackdown on protesters had alarming echoes of Gambia’s brutal past” - Marta Colomer The Gambian authorities have...

UK: Met Police's use of facial recognition technology 'a huge threat to human rights'

Responding to the Metropolitan Police’s announcement that they will soon start using facial recognition cameras in London, Allan Hogarth, Amnesty International UK’s Head of Policy and Government...

Iraq: security forces kill at least 12 protesters in renewed crackdown

Video and eyewitness evidence show live ammunition used against unarmed protesters, with military-grade tear gas canisters fired at short range More than 600 protesters killed since demonstrations...

Afghanistan: 'Violence reduction' must mean no more civilian deaths

The US and the Afghan Taliban’s negotiations over a ‘reduction in violence’ must include a commitment by both sides to abide by the laws of war and end all attacks on civilians, Amnesty International...

Lebanon: hundreds injured by rubber bullets in 'unprecedented' violence - new evidence

In most violent nights since protests began, at least 409 protesters injured, with one person blinded and others needing surgery after police shot protesters at close range Widely-circulated video...

India: Women politicians face shocking scale of abuse on Twitter - new research

Women politicians in India face a shocking scale of abuse on Twitter, new research by Amnesty International India has revealed. The 76-page report, Troll Patrol India: Exposing Online Abuse Faced by...