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Egypt: activist arrested for Facebook video condemning sexual harassment

‘It is a dark day when the Egyptian authorities are more concerned with silencing a woman who speaks out about sexual harassment than taking steps to address the issue’ - Najia Bounaim Amnesty...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty gives cautious welcome to consultation on legacy

Amnesty International has today given a cautious welcome to the Northern Ireland Office’s publication of a consultation on addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past. The proposals mirror that...

Sudan: death sentence for raped teenager is 'intolerable act of cruelty'

Noura Hussein was forced into marriage aged 16 and raped by her husband for refusing to consummate a marriage she opposed Court refused to recognise rape within marriage Sudanese law allows children...

Malaysia: Historic election result provides a 'huge opportunity' for human rights

Malaysia’s first change of government for almost 60 years presents a huge opportunity to break with the human rights violations of the past, Amnesty International said as the poll result was declared...

Belhaj case: full judicial investigation into UK involvement in torture now needed

‘We still don’t know the full facts in this deeply-troubling affair’ - Kate Allen Responding to a statement in the House of Commons by the Attorney General Jeremy Wright on the settlement of a civil...

Amnesty calls on UK to keep human rights in Turkey a priority ahead of presidential visit

Responding to the news reports that Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit the UK in the next few days, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “This visit is an opportunity...

USA: Senate committee should vote against Gina Haspel's appointment as CIA director

Alleged role in CIA torture and ‘black site’ detention programme should preclude her from job until full investigation undertaken Amnesty International has called on the US Senate Select Committee on...

North Korea: Release of U.S. prisoners highlights pressing human rights concerns

Responding to the news that three U.S. citizens – Kim Dong-chul, Kim Hak-song, and Kim Sang-duk – have been recently released by North Korea after spending months behind bars without a fair trial...

Met Police using 'racially discriminatory' Gangs Matrix database

The Metropolitan Police Service’s ‘Gangs Matrix’ is the “wrong tool for the wrong problem” Amnesty International said today, as it published a damning report into the little-known gang-mapping...

Greece: 'absurd' people smuggling charges against three NGO volunteers should be dropped

Trial begins in Mytilene of three Spanish firefighters who face up to ten years in jail Spokespeople attending the trial and available for interview 'Efforts by NGOs to save lives at sea should ... be...