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Turkey: Government crackdown has created 'suffocating climate of fear'

New report on prosecution, detention, intimidation and mass arrests in the country since 2016 “Turkish authorities have deliberately and methodically set about dismantling civil society” - Gauri van...

Turkey: Verdicts against journalists defy logic and justice

Following the sentences handed down to 13 journalists and executives of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on charges of “acting on behalf of a terrorist organisation or making the organisation’s...

Brexit Bill: 'Lords have ripped up blank cheque book Ministers had sought to give themselves'

Welcoming the latest amendment passed in the House of Lords to the Government’s flagship Brexit legislation which places limits on the use of Ministerial ‘Henry VIII’ powers, Felix Jakens, Head of...

Armenia: Right to protest must be respected amid fresh unrest

Amnesty spokespeople on the ground and available for interview The Armenian authorities must show restraint when dealing with demonstrations in the capital Yerevan and avoid any excessive use of force...

Amnesty welcomes publication of report on abortion law reform

REPORT SHOWS CONSENSUS AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSION THAT THE CURRENT LAW IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE ‘ Whilst this report calls for a change to the law in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, it is not the...

Israel: halt to forced deportations welcomed, but Africans still under pressure to leave

‘Israel is still conducting what it calls “voluntary” deportations, though in reality there is nothing voluntary about them’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to the Israeli government’s declaration to...

USA/Mexico: members of migrant 'caravan' must be allowed to seek asylum

President Trump has made hostile statements and deployed National Guard ‘Seeking asylum is not a crime in the USA or anywhere’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas The US and Mexican authorities must stop demonising...

TURKEY: Thousands of Afghans swept up in ruthless deportation drive

At least 2,000 Afghans who fled to Turkey to escape conflict and the worst excesses of the Taliban are in detention and at imminent risk of being forced back to danger, Amnesty International said...

Amnesty responds to Leeds United's decision to tour Myanmar

Responding to Leeds United’s announcement that they are to tour Myanmar, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “It certainly seems like an odd choice of country to choose to tour....

Brexit Bill: Lords have stood up for reason, rights and democracy

‘Whether you voted in or out, there is no need for Brexit to mean losing out on rights’ – Kate Allen Welcoming the amendments passed in the House of Lords to the Government’s flagship Brexit...