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Human Rights Act 'absolutely key' to big justice fights of last 20 years

The Human Rights Act has been absolutely key to the big justice fights of the last 20 years Amnesty said today, on the 20 th anniversary of the act receiving Royal Assent, as the organisation...

USA: Trump's Proclamation to limit rights of asylum-seekers 'dehumanising and dangerous'

In response to President Trump’s Proclamation to limit the rights of people seeking asylum along the southern border of the US, Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “President...

Dominic Grieve MP issues Brexit warning on human rights and peace in Northern Ireland

Dominic Grieve QC MP has warned that Brexit risks undermining peace and human rights in Northern Ireland, and he fears a hard border with the rest of Ireland is inevitable if the UK’s exit from the EU...

Yemen: Huthi fighters take over roof of Hodeidah hospital as fighting intensifies

Hundreds of civilians killed in recent fighting, including in coalition airstrikes on a vegetable market and road checkpoint ‘Placing gunmen on a hospital roof blurs lines which should never be...

Philippines: Murder of prominent human rights lawyer 'a new low'

Responding to the news that human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos gunned down by still unidentified men yesterday (6 November) in the Philippines, Ritz Lee Santos III, Amnesty International Philippines...

Saudi Arabia: 12 Shi'a face imminent execution after cases referred to King Salman

Responding to news that the cases of 12 condemned men from Saudi Arabia’s persecuted Shi’a minority have been transferred to the country’s Presidency of State Security - a body under the direct author...

Turkey: Judicial farce continues as authorities once again fail to produce evidence against Taner and the Istanbul 10

Responding to the decision by an Istanbul court to further postpone the trial of Amnesty International Turkey’s Honorary Chair, Taner Kılıç, former Director, İdil Eser, and nine other human rights...

Tanzania: ten men arrested in Zanzibar for 'being gay'

Group detained for supposedly conducting a gay marriage Arrests come days after a Tanzanian politician announced a taskforce to hunt down LGBTI people Ten men have been arrested on the Tanzanian...

Pakistan: Imran Khan must ensure safe travel out of country for Aasia Bibi

Mother of five remains in jail and at risk after government reverses position on her fate ‘Aasia Bibi has been through eight years of torment, she should be allowed to travel to safety, rather than...

Cameroon: authorities must act swiftly to free kidnapped schoolchildren

Case is ‘chilling echo’ of Chibok kidnappings in Nigeria Following the abduction of at least 70 schoolchildren earlier today in Cameroon’s Anglophone region, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s West...