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Philippines: Government must probe police abuses after Duterte's 'kill everybody' outburst

Amnesty International has renewed its call for an end to the Philippines’ notorious ‘war on drugs’ after President Rodrigo Duterte told a controversial newly-promoted police officer to “kill everybody...

Hong Kong: Court ruling 'a bitter blow' for equal marriage hopes

Responding to the Hong Kong High Court ruling against “MK”, a woman who had filed a lawsuit claiming that the territory’s law breached her rights to privacy and equality by failing to recognise same...

Turkish forces commit war crimes in Syria offensive - fresh evidence

Indiscriminate Turkish airstrikes and mortar attacks on residential areas, a bakery and school kill numerous civilians, including children Chilling details of grisly murder of Kurdish politician...

Morocco: journalist pardoned after abortion jailing should have sentence quashed

Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé and three medical staff should have sentences quashed and removed from their records ‘The Moroccan authorities must urgently decriminalise abortion and repeal all other...

Amnesty UK to host first-ever Wales national conference / Mae Amnest DU yn croesawu Cynhadledd Gyntaf Amnest Cymru

ENGLISH Conference in Aberystwyth to celebrate human rights activism in Wales “We can all make a difference, and we can all be human rights defenders” – Elin Jones AM “Protecting human rights...

Qatar: pledge to end abusive 'kafala' system must lead to real change

Under notorious sponsorship scheme, migrant workers cannot change jobs without employer’s permission and face criminalisation for ‘absconding’ Announcement comes after numerous earlier promises over...

Hong Kong: Protest leader hospitalised after brutal hammer attack

Amnesty International is urging Hong Kong authorities to launch a prompt and thorough investigation into a brutal attack on human rights defender Jimmy Sham, who was today beaten by a group of men...

Extinction Rebellion blanket ban chilling and unlawful

On Monday evening, the Metropolitan Police issued a revised section 14 order saying demonstrators protesting in London after 21:00 BST could be arrested. Allan Hogarth, Head of Advocacy and Programmes...

Angola: drought and commercial cattle farming causing devastating hunger -new report

67% of land now occupied by commercial farmers Hunger and sickness rife, with some families eating wild leaves to survive ‘Traditional cattle farmers have lost their best grazing land and now watch...

Egypt: prominent human rights defender tortured as crackdown intensifies

Esraa Abdelfattah abducted in a van on Saturday night, before ordeal in National Security Agency custody One interrogator threatened to strangle her with her own sweatshirt unless she unlocked her...