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Amnesty Media Awards 2019: two weeks until deadline for entries

Cathy Newman announced as ceremony host Closing date for entries: Friday 25 January 2019 Enter here: https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/ Journalists,…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: hunger strike is a 'desperate measure'

Jailed UK charity worker set to begin three-day hunger strike with human rights defender Narges Mohammadi in protest at denial of medical care ‘It’s outrageous it’s had to come to this for Nazanin and...

Syria: US withdrawal without accepting responsibility for Raqqa deaths a 'humanitarian abomination'

US-led Coalition still refusing to accept responsibility for killing hundreds of civilians in Raqqa Reacting to today’s statement by the US-led Coalition that it has begun “the process of deliberate...

India: 'Politically-motivated' sedition case against Amnesty closed by court

A court order directing the closing of a sedition case filed against Amnesty India brings to an end a disgraceful attempt to stifle freedom of expression, the organisation said today. On Tuesday, a...

Myanmar: Reuters journalists' rejected appeal maintains 'an appalling farce'

Responding to news that a court in Myanmar has rejected the appeal by jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International’s Director of Crisis Response, said: “The...

Sudan: 'horrific attack' on hospital targets injured protesters

“It is not a crime to call for a better standard of living” - Sarah Jackson Amnesty International can confirm that Sudanese security forces stormed a hospital in the city of Omdurman last night...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: airing of arrest video is 'sinister'

Responding to the airing on Iranian state television of video footage showing the UK charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport in 2016, Kate Allen...

Azerbaijan: European Court win for journalist who faced sex-tape ordeal

‘Khadija is one of many journalists and activists who have been targeted as part of the Azerbaijani government’s ruthless crackdown on dissent’ - Levan Asatiani The European Court of Human Rights...

Guantánamo still a 'stain' on USA's human rights record

40 detainees still held at notorious military prison opened 17 years ago The military prison at Guantánamo Bay remains a stain on the human rights record of the United States and a location for...

Northern Ireland: Westminster urged to lift ban on same-sex marriage on anniversary of Stormont collapse

Amnesty International UK, Stonewall, the Trades Union Congress and the NUS call for marriage equality in Northern Ireland as the region marks two years without a sitting Assembly Amnesty International...