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Turkish foreign minister's allegations threaten country's human rights movement

‘It is hard to see how the … wider human rights movement in Turkey can continue to function’ - John Dalhuisen Responding to statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at a press...

Vietnam: 'outrageous' jailing of land rights activist is latest in growing crackdown

Trần Thị Nga sentenced to nine years for ‘conducting propaganda against the state’ Is second women’s rights activist jailed in a month, with more than 90 prisoners of conscience now languishing in...

EU: Mogherini urged to raise issue of jailed activists with Turkish minister

Salil Shetty meets Mogherini ahead of her meeting with Turkey Ministers Nearly 900,000 call on Mogherini to release jailed activists Major public stunt demands end to human rights crackdown “ We will...

Fourteen men at imminent risk of beheading as Saudi Arabia continues execution spree

The Saudi Arabian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentences of 14 men after a grossly unfair mass trial is a worrying reminder of the country’s lethal crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty...

Israeli forces carry out violent hospital raids in ruthless display of force

Israeli soldiers and police stormed a Palestinian hospital twice over the past week, terrifying staff and patients and in some cases preventing doctors from providing emergency medical care to...

Poland: Presidential veto is a step back from the brink

Following an announcement by Poland’s president Andrzej Duda that he will veto two controversial judicial reform bills which would have granted the ruling Law and Justice Party wide ranging control of...

Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is 'a war crime'

Responding to the deaths of 24 people and the wounding of 42 others in a car bomb attack claimed by the Taliban in Kabul this morning, Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan Researcher...

South Sudan: "epidemic of sexual violence" leaves thousands in mental distress - new report

Women gang-raped, sexually assaulted with sticks and mutilated with knives “Satan went through me the day I was raped” – Nyagai, who was gang-raped by government soldiers Survivors face life-changing...

Turkey: re-arrest of four human rights defenders a "cruel and retrograde step"

Responding to news that the Turkish authorities have issued detention orders against four human rights defenders released on bail on Tuesday, John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Director for...

Philippines: extension of martial law must not mean human rights are ignored

The Philippine Government must ensure that human rights are protected during its campaign against militants in Mindanao, Amnesty International said today (July 22), following the announcement that...