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Celebration of Palestinian culture to mark 70 years of dispossession (RADA, London, 14-20 May)

Week-long @70: Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture events at RADA will highlight ‘cultural resistance’ Amnesty International UK is supporting a week-long London festival of theatre, dance...

China: Banning of Peppa Pig a 'ridiculous new example of state crackdown'

Responding to news that the Chinese government has removed an estimated 30,000 Peppa Pig videos from the internet, Patrick Poon, Amnesty International’s China researcher, said: “Banning Peppa Pig is...

Iran: 22-year-old Kurdish man faces execution after 'breath-taking miscarriage of justice'

Ramin Hossein Panahi’s trial lasted less than an hour, and torture marks on his body were reportedly ignored Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution of a 22...

Amnesty welcomes Belfast Council motion on social media

Recent Amnesty International research finds that ‘toxic’ Twitter and other social media is failing women by letting online abuse thrive “ We cannot let the trolls win by silencing women and driving...

Sajid Javid must focus on reforming 'hostile culture' underpinning UK's broken immigration system

Amnesty International sets out top priorities for the new Home Secretary As the new Home Secretary Sajid Javid takes office, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK's Director, said: “We look forward to...

Olivia Colman, Deborah Frances-White and Indira Varma join 'Women Making History' festival

Festival to take place on Sunday 20 May at Amnesty International’s East London headquarters Day includes the UK launch of a global Wikipedia edit-a-thon to increase the public profile of women human...

Iranian authorities bulldozing mass graves sites to destroy evidence - new report

New evidence - including satellite imagery, photo and video analysis - shows that the Iranian authorities are deliberately destroying suspected or confirmed mass grave sites from the country’s 1988...

Israel: 'Deliberate attempts' by military to kill and maim Gaza protesters continues

‘Great March of Return’ protests continue in the Gaza Strip today Since protests began on 30 March over 5,500 people have been injured with more than 1,700 of injuries caused by live ammunition “Time...

UK: Donald Trump visit - 'We will be making our voices heard' says Amnesty

Responding to the news that Donald Trump will be visiting the UK on Friday 13 July, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: "When Donald Trump arrives on these shores, we and thousands...

China: Video of human rights lawyer 'strongly suggests' torture by police

A video in which detained Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng says he would never dismiss his own chosen lawyers was released by his family today, contradicting police claims that he willingly...