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Myanmar 'must comply' with ICJ ruling to protect Rohingya

In response to today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Myanmar to take “provisional measures” to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya community, Nicholas Bequelin...

Brazil: Anniversary of dam disaster puts mining companies in spotlight - London vigil

Vigils will be held in Brazil and around the world this week in memory of those who died in the Brumadinho dam disaster last year. Amnesty International UK will join a vigil at the Brazilian Embassy...

Northern Ireland: Eight terminations carried out in 2018/19

More than 1,050 travelled from Northern Ireland to England to access abortions in 2018 Huge gap between number of women who legally accessed abortions in Northern Ireland and the number of women...

Tanzania: human rights lawyer detained in 'outrageous' attempt to silence government critics

Tito Elia Magoti and co-accused Theodory Giyani charged with leading organised crime ‘The Tanzanian government continues to abuse the criminal justice system by detaining critics on unbailable...

Qatar: new law could see five-year jail sentences for 'false news'

Even attempt to report on the law has seen hasty media apology amid apparent fears of infringing the ‘deeply troubling’ legislation Country already under fire for treatment of migrant workers in lead...

Afghanistan: Authorities commit to protect human rights

Afghan authorities today made a public commitment to establish a protection mechanism for human rights defenders, in a move welcomed by Amnesty International and Afghanistan’s human rights community...

USA: Virginia gun rally creating 'climate of fear'

‘Vile decision’ to stage rally on Martin Luther King Day condemned There is currently no federal law prohibiting someone convicted of a hate crime from buying a gun On average, at least 23 hate crimes...

UN landmark climate refugee ruling sets 'global precedent'

Ioane Teitiota brought case to UN after New Zealand denied his claim of asylum as a ‘climate refugee’ ‘Governments must consider this dangerous reality and a heating planet’s imminent threat to...

Guantánamo: psychologists who created CIA torture techniques to testify

Two contract psychologists to testify at Guantánamo for first time James E Mitchell and John ‘Bruce’ Jessen responsible for waterboarding, confinement in small boxes, beatings and sleep deprivation...

Giulio Regeni: London and Cambridge vigils for murdered university student

Amnesty International will mark the fourth anniversary of the unsolved murder of the Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni with vigils in Cambridge and outside the Egyptian Embassy in London...