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In response to the UK government’s announcement that it will suspend free trade agreement negotiations with Israel and impose sanctions on settlers, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief...
Striking visual protest staged by Amnesty UK, Fossil Free London, and Justice 4 Nigeria coalition coincides with Shell’s AGM This morning, activists from Amnesty International UK, Fossil Free London...
- On National Children’s Day, Amnesty International called for the controversial Prevent duty to be scrapped - Amnesty took their message directly to delegates at the Education World Forum - 40% of...
Russian authorities have declared Amnesty International an ‘undesirable organisation’ The decision comes three years after Russian authorities blocked access to Amnesty’s websites and shut down its...
65 signatories from nine different political parties and independent parliamentarians sign open letter demanding transparency amid escalating mass atrocities in Gaza Letter also expresses alarm at the...
Syria’s new government faces a crucial opportunity to break with a legacy of grave human rights violations Justice for victims of mass enforced disappearances remains one of the most urgent human...
Responding to the Government’s announcement today that it will begin talks with other countries on “return hubs” for people whose asylum applications have been refused, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty...
The case is built on allegations of distributing more than 900 copies of ten LGBT+ themed publications within Russia These arrests come amid an escalating crackdown on LGBT+ rights If convicted, the...
New PSNI report shows 1,807 racist incidents 1,188 crimes in the year to end of March 2025 - the highest levels recorded since records began in 2004/05 Level of race hate incidents hit new high...
Images available here : striking photos featuring a masked figure of Keir Starmer holding a placard denying the mass atrocities in Gaza © Marie-Anne Ventoura/Amnesty International Today (13 May) is...