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Domestic Abuse: Committee of MPs and Lords urge Government to protect migrant women in forthcoming Bill

In a report published today (14 June), MPs and Lords support better for protection for women reporting domestic abuse, including the creation of a firewall between support services and immigration...

Cardiff: comedy event will spotlight plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Amnesty Cardiff group will unveil giant knitted chain as part of ‘Knit for Naz’ craftivism campaign Dane Baptiste, Robin Morgan, Angela Barnes and Clint Edwards to perform Amnesty International’s...

Domestic Abuse Bill: migrant women demand protection from violence

Migrant women survivors of domestic abuse laid dozens of books representing their unheard stories on Parliament Square - Pictures can be downloaded here [Credit: Marie-Anne Ventoura, Amnesty...

Blackheath: annual book sale to be opened by 'Game of Thrones' star Owen Teale

Game of Thrones star Owen Teale will attend Amnesty International Blackheath & Greenwich Group’s annual book sale on Saturday (15 June), boosting the profile of this already hugely popular yearly...

Northern Ireland: 1,053 women travelled for abortions last year showing clear need for reform

Responding to national abortion statistics (p.21) out today that show 1,053 women travelled from Northern Ireland to England or Wales in 2018 for an abortion - an increase of 192 women from the year...

Iran: one million people sign petition calling for jailed lawyer's release

Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was given 33-year jail sentence earlier this year Prominent human rights defender has dedicated her life to opposing forced veiling and death penalty ‘The world is watching and...

Russia: police violence against Golunov protesters condemned

Amnesty observers witnessed police violence, as more than 400 people - including children - arrested ‘Yet again, the Russian authorities met peaceful dissent with an assault on rights and freedoms’ -...

Hong Kong: 'Excessive' police force against peaceful protesters condemned

Amnesty International has condemned the use of force against largely peaceful protesters by Hong Kong police - who used tear gas, guns firing bean bags and rubber bullets, batons and pepper spray - to...

UK: School and student activists to attend parliamentary event to demand support for human rights defenders

School pupils and student activists from across the UK will attend a parliamentary event tomorrow hosted by Amnesty UK, the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group and the British Group of the...

Botswana: Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex relations welcomed

Botswana's High Court has ruled in favour of decriminalising consensual same-sex relations. Responding to the ruling, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa...