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Dozens drown in shipwrecks off Greece

Amnesty International UK’s Refugees Programme Director Steve Symonds said:

Burma: Activist jailed for 'harmless' Facebook post on same day as prisoner amnesty

102 people released in prisoner amnesty British man Philip Blackwood among prisoners released today

Turkey: Onslaught on Kurdish areas putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk

The Turkish government’s onslaught on Kurdish towns and neighbourhoods, which includes round-the-clock curfews and cuts

Denmark in 'race to the bottom' as Parliament debates changes to refugee law

Proposed changes to Denmark’s refugee law would have a devastating impact on vulnerable people who, in addition to having assets seized, would be forced to wait years for the chance to be reu

Pakistan: Taliban targetting of university an affront to humanity

“It is now painfully clear that putting to death more than 300 people…in the name of fighting ‘terrorism’ has done nothing to prevent such tragedies” - Champa

Iraq: Peshmerga have destroyed thousands of Arab homes in revenge campaign - new report

Yezidi militia also bulldozed Arab homes, with ‘support for Islamic State’ being cited as justification for possible war crimes

Exposed: The child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries

Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Vodaphone are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products,

Burkina Faso attack: Devastating news of deaths of Amnesty workers

It is with great sadness that Amnesty International has learned of the tragic deaths of its photographer Leila Alaoui and driver Mahamadi Ouédraogo, as a result of the Al Qaeda attack in the

Women refugees face assault, exploitation and sexual harassment journeying through Europe – new research

Governments and aid agencies are failing to provide even basic protections to women refugees traveling from Syria and Iraq.