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UK: Police need more training and resources to respond to hate crime

Responding to the report released today by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary that revealed “significant problems” faced by police in England and Wales in responding to hate crime, Kerry...

Amnesty issues warning to European Union to not repeat cruel human rights failures of Australian refugee policy

Amnesty International today issued a stark warning to the European Union to not repeat Australia’s notorious policy of detaining refugees and people seeking asylum in horrific offshore detention...

Northern Ireland: pressure on UK Government to amend same-sex marriage law welcomed

Conor McGinn MP tables Northern Ireland amendment to marriages and civil partnership bill ‘This could be the start of Westminster finally treating same-sex couples in Northern Ireland as equal...

Turkey: End of state of emergency not enough to reverse "suffocating" crackdown

The state of emergency in Turkey - declared in July 2016 as a temporary measure following the failed coup attempt – will not be renewed when it expires at the end of the day today. Responding to the...

Syria: 'beyond cynical' of Putin to focus on Raqqa deaths in Fox News interview

‘Russia has been instrumental in obstructing accountability for such crimes’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to a Vladimir Putin interview on Fox News yesterday in which the Russian president sought to turn...

Syria: US-led Coalition 'deeply in denial' about civilian casualties in Raqqa

Gavin Williamson recently sought to discredit Amnesty’s Raqqa findings in Commons ‘We are asking the Coalition to live up to their own standards when it comes to reporting on civilian casualties in...

Foreign Office's annual report on human rights fails to hit the mark

Responding to the publication today of the Foreign Office’s annual Human Rights and Democracy report, Allan Hogarth, Amnesty International UK's head of policy and government affairs, said: “The fact...

Student Media Summit: Ian Hislop, Jon Snow, Sue Turton and Nawal Al-Maghafi announced as speakers

Registration now open for the Amnesty International UK and NUS-hosted Student Media Summit 2018: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/sms2018 Amnesty International UK and NUS…

UAE forces operating network of secret prisons in Yemen - new report

Scores have been held in ‘parallel security structure’ - where electric-shock torture and sexual violence rife, and detainees ‘disappear’ ‘We should be using our influence with the Emiratis to ensure...

Iran: young man tied to a tree and publicly flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol

Man was convicted of drinking alcohol at a wedding when he was a teenager ‘That a child was prosecuted for consuming alcohol and sentenced to 80 lashes beggars belief’ - Philip Luther A man in Iran...