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UK: Letter to House of Lords denounces 'racist and xenophobic' Immigration Bill

Second reading of Immigration Bill set to take place tomorrow Highly controversial bill will deprive people of right to seek asylum in the UK ‘The Lords should reject this squalid bill and speak up...

UK: Coronation day arrests 'genuinely disturbing'

In response to reports that the Metropolitian Police made 64 arrests on the day of the Coronation, Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Amnesty International UK’s policing expert, said: “It was genuinely disturbing...

UK: authorities must be prepared to investigate Chinese vice president over human rights abuses if he attends Coronation

In response to reports that Han Zheng, China’s vice president and the architect of the human rights crackdown on Hong Kong, will attend the coronation of King Charles, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty...

Myanmar: Military threatens pardoned prisoners with rearrest if they speak out again

Military say they have pardoned 2,153 prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday More than 17,000 people still detained after post-coup mass round-ups ‘Amnesty remains deeply concerned about the thousands...

East/Southern Africa: journalists in Rwanda among those in region suffering repression

In Ethiopia, at least 29 journalists and media workers arrested last year Journalists in Rwanda face surveillance, harassment, intimidation and prosecution ‘Journalism should not be criminalised’ -...

Uganda: Parliament passes notorious bill which ‘blatantly violates’ LGBTI rights

Bill, which imposes death penalty and life imprisonment in certain cases, will fuel violence and homophobia President Museveni failed to veto bill after sending it back to parliament ‘This law will...

Israel using previously-unreported facial recognition system to 'automate apartheid' against Palestinians - new report

‘Red Wolf’ technology in Hebron automatically scans Palestinians’ faces at checkpoints Chinese and Dutch companies implicated in mass surveillance systems which are incompatible with human rights...

UK: Government must offer to host Sudanese nationals at most risk

Commenting on the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly’s remarks about the UK’s evacuation efforts in Sudan, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “On top of growing reports...

Turkey: People with disabilities neglected in humanitarian response to devastating earthquakes - new report

70 percent of injured earthquake survivors are expected to have a disability People with disabilities living in dire and unsanitary camp conditions Urgent need to scale up mental health and...

Amnesty International UK Media Awards 2023 - winners announced

Awards ceremony hosted by the BBC’s Maryam Moshiri BBC Eye Investigations took home award for best investigation Outstanding Impact Award won by The Sunday Times Magazine The winners of Amnesty...