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Northern Ireland: First and deputy First Minister must raise concerns over Hong Kong arrests with Chinese consul general
Amnesty International has written to Northern Ireland’s First and deputy First Minister to ask them to raise concerns with Chinese consul general Madame Zhang Meifang over the arrest of around 50 Hong Kong opposition figures for violation of the controversial national security law. One of those arrested, pro-democracy activist Gwyneth Ho, gave the Amnesty International Northern Ireland annual lecture last month.
Press release 07 Jan 2021 -
Northern Ireland: Abortion services cease at South Eastern Trust following Health Department failureMore than a third of million people affected across County Antrim and County Down
Press release 05 Jan 2021 -
Northern Ireland: Critical Police Ombudsman report on policing of Black Lives Matter protests must spur action by PSNIAmnesty International response to critical report by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland on PSNI policing of Black Lives Matter protests
Press release 22 Dec 2020 -
Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist warns of 'bloody 2021' ahead of Amnesty Northern Ireland event live from Hong KongOriginal planned speaker Joshua Wong has now been jailed by pro-Beijing authorities
Press release 03 Dec 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty condemns threats against journalists at Sunday World newspaperPress release 28 Nov 2020
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Northern Ireland: Amnesty hails 'victory for press freedom' in case of arrested journalistsPolice agree to delete data wrongly seized from journalists and pay substantial damages
Press release 27 Nov 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Journalist Patricia Devlin threatens legal action against PSNI for failing to investigate threats
Northern Ireland journalist Patricia Devlin has written to the Chief Constable of the PSNI threatening legal action unless he provides assurances that the PSNI will conduct an immediate and effective investigation of violent threats made against her and her baby son.
Press release 22 Nov 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Police report reveals 'worrying' rate of hate crime
PSNI report outlines that there were 936 racist incidents and 626 racist crimes recorded by the police in the 12 months to the end of March 2020
Press release 20 Nov 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes call for halt to use of spithoods & review of BLM prosecutionsPress release 12 Nov 2020
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The case against the use of spit hoods in response to Covid-19Blog post 05 Nov 2020
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The case against the use of spit hoods in response to Covid-19Blog post 05 Nov 2020
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Northern Ireland: marriage equality fully achieved as civil partnership conversion legalisedLaw change today means more than 1,000 same-sex couples can convert civil partnerships to marriages
Press release 22 Oct 2020 -
Northern Ireland: women blocked from abortion care, one year since law changeA third of region left without early medical abortion service
Press release 21 Oct 2020 -
Amnesty welcomes EU move to ensure Government respects international lawPress release 01 Oct 2020
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UK: Amnesty issues stark warning over Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillPress release 24 Sep 2020
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Northern Ireland: PSNI Taser roll-out would be ‘serious mistake for policing’Responding to a report published today (Thursday) from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) which suggests that the PSNI Chief Constable should consider the issue of Tasers to more police officers, Amnesty International has said the move would be a serious mistake for policing in Northern Ireland.
Press release 10 Sep 2020 -
UK: Internal Market Bill is 'deeply concerning'Press release 09 Sep 2020
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UK: Internal Market Bill ‘deeply concerning’ - Amnesty
Amnesty UK raises deep concern about human rights implications of the Internal Market Bill
Press release 09 Sep 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty criticises First and deputy First Minister refusal to publish report of meeting with Chinese governmentAmnesty International has criticised the Executive Office for refusing to publish a report of a meeting in late July between Arlene Foster, Michelle O’Neill and the Chinese consul general Madame Zhang Meifang, at which Northern Ireland’s first and deputy first minister said they “understand and respect” Hong Kong's draconian national security laws, according to a Chinese record of the meeting.
Press release 08 Sep 2020
