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Turkey: continued detention of Amnesty Chair 'defies all logic'

Taner Kılıç has been in jail since June last year and faces months longer behind bars despite lack of evidence Prosecution’s claim that ByLock app was on his phone shown to be categorically false ‘It...

USA: Trump's executive order 'a betrayal of families fleeing persecution'

Responding to news that US President Donald Trump signed an executive order today mandating for children to stay with their parents in detention while their asylum claims are processed, Denise Bell...

Yemen: UK Government should halt coalition arms sales as Hodeidah battle rages - open letter to Liam Fox

Threats to civilians posed by Hodeidah offensive mean Government’s case for continued arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition are less valid than ever Threat of further Saudi coalition airstrikes hangs...

USA on 'wrong side of history' with Human Rights Council withdrawal

Following the announcement that the United States will leave the United Nations Human Rights Council, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “Once again President Trump is...

Theresa May 'mustn't mince words' over Thailand's human rights record during PM visit

‘In the four years since the coup, the Thai military have tightened their stranglehold on the country, issuing new laws to gag critics and scare people into submission’ – Kate Allen Ahead of tomorrow...

Turkey: Police report finds no evidence to substantiate claims against Amnesty Chair

‘Without a shred of credible evidence presented to substantiate the absurd charges made against him, Taner must now be released’ - Salil Shetty A newly submitted police report fails to find any...

USA: immigration policy of separating children from parents is 'spectacularly cruel'

‘The US government is playing a sick game with these families’ lives’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas The practice of separating child migrants from their parents and holding them in cages as a result of US...

Leaked briefing shows UK Government's ‘total disregard’ for women in Northern Ireland

Leaked Northern Ireland Office briefing document for Northern Ireland Secretary is ‘deeply concerning’ on issue of abortion. It is deeply concerning that the UK Government is continuing to deny its...

Israel: forced deportations of African asylum-seekers is illegal - new report

Detained Eritreans and Sudanese asylum-seekers being pressured into going to Rwanda and Uganda where conditions are precarious ‘If you don’t leave for Rwanda, you will leave Israel in a coffin’ -...

Palestine: Amnesty staff member detained and tortured by West Bank security forces

Responding to the arbitrary detention and beating during arrest of scores of demonstrators and bystanders, including Amnesty International staff member Laith Abu Zeyad, by Palestinian security forces...