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USA: Biden's actions on gun violence 'will save many lives'

New measures on ‘ghost guns’ and community intervention among those being introduced Rampant gun violence has recently seen slaying of women of Asian descent and shoppers murdered in Colorado ‘These...

UK/Iran: Olivia Colman and others join campaign for detained Briton

The Crown star Olivia Colman, fellow actor Nazanin Boniadi and comedian Shappi Khorsandi join campaign for retired engineer at Covid risk in jail Like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Anoosheh Ashoori is an...

UK: Home Office forcing more people to live in 'squalor and inhumane conditions' at Napier Barracks

In response to the news that the Home Office will send more asylum seekers to ‘unsuitable’ Napier Barracks, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at Amnesty International UK, said...

Amnesty report 2020: Global inequality 'brutally exposed' by pandemic

The global pandemic has both exposed and deepened global inequality and has had the worst impact on the most vulnerable people in the world, Amnesty International said in its annual report published...

Vietnam: Fresh crackdown as National Assembly election looms

Two independent candidates arrested and charged Intimidation and harassment on the rise ahead of 23 May vote The Vietnamese authorities must end their crackdown on independent election candidates and...

UK: Football clubs line up to welcome refugees as outdoor sport returns post-lockdown

Football club foundations will offer training sessions, Soccercise classes and refugee rights education in schools throughout the Football Welcomes month Initiative backed by clubs from across the...

Northern Ireland: Zero prosecutions from the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry, despite 190 complaints to PSNI

Figures revealed as events launched to help Mother and Baby institution survivors design public inquiry ’Victims have a right to both truth and justice. We must not repeat the mistakes of past...

Myanmar: 5-year-old among nearly 100 killed by security forces

Yesterday the military announced that further protests would be met with “shots to the head” Amnesty warns cost of international inaction is being measured by body count ‘This is just the latest...

UK: Amnesty director Kate Allen announces her retirement

Responding to the announcement that Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen will be retiring in September, Eilidh Douglas, the Chair of Amnesty International United Kingdom Section Board, and Nicolas Patrick...

Turkey: 'World is watching' as women stand up to Erdogan's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention

The Istanbul Convention sets minimum standards on prevention of violence, protection and support for women and girls at risk, and the criminal prosecution of perpetrators Ahead of nationwide protests...