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US: $20 billion weapons package to Israel would be a disgrace

In response to the announcement that the U.S. State Department has approved new weapons sales to the Israeli government totalling $20 billion, Nadia Daar, Amnesty International USA’s Chief Strategy...

Bangladesh: interim government must take 'concrete action' to address injustices toward minorities

Hindus, Ahmadis and other minority communities have been targeted since Sheikh Hasina’s resignation ‘Revenge culture’ needs to end - Babu Ram Pant Responding to a statement yesterday from the interim...

Ecuador: Gas flaring is endangering the Amazon and the future of the planet - New Report

Despite court ruling, Ecuadorian government continues to allow dangerous flaring as it seeks to maintain oil production Ecuadorian Amazon has become an ‘oil sacrifice zone’ with marginalised...

UK: Failure to tackle institutional racism is root cause of racist violence unfolding on the streets - new report

As far-right violence threaten people of colour, leading charities warn the UK is failing international human rights obligations on race Racist and Islamophobic violence unfolding on the streets of...

Northern Ireland: ‘zero tolerance’ for racism call at Belfast rally

Anti-racism march to Belfast City Hall ‘This week of shame must be a wake-up call for our politicians and the police. There must be zero tolerance for racism’ – Patrick Corrigan Patrick Corrigan...

Saudi Arabia: retired teacher has death penalty for social media posts quashed

Mohammad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, 55, is still in detention and awaiting news of his fate Al-Ghamdi’s brother, living in exile in UK, may have been the Saudi authorities’ real target ‘The court must now...

UK: response to new homelessness figures

Responding to the Government's latest quarterly statutory homelessness figures , Jen Clark, Economic and Social Rights Lead at Amnesty International UK, said: “Homelessness is a fundamental human...

UK: Supreme Court refuses to hear Shamima Begum's appeal against 'profoundly wrong' citizenship stripping

Responding to news that the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal against a decision to revoke Shamima Begum’s citizenship, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant...

Thailand: dissolution of opposition party is 'untenable' decision and should be reversed

Executives of Move Forward Party - Thailand’s biggest political opposition party - now have a ten-year ban on running for office Party’s campaign for reform of controversial lèse-majesté law used to...

Venezuela: Tech companies set dangerous precedent with app for reporting anti-government protesters

President Maduro encouraged Venezuelans to report protesters who question his re-election via the government owned VenApp Thousands of people have since been arrested and over a dozen killed in a post...