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Manus Island: Forced deportations of asylum-seekers putting lives at riskAustralia and Papua New Guinea have begun deporting men from the controversial Manus Island detention facility.
Press release 09 Mar 2018 -
International Women’s Day: Northern Ireland women highlighted as Amnesty launches Suffragette Spirit mapPress release 08 Mar 2018
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International Women's Day: Amnesty celebrates with 'Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain' launchAmnesty UK launches its Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain to celebrate the incredible work being carried out by women in their communities 100 years on from first winning the vote.
Press release 08 Mar 2018 -
Northern Ireland: Secretary of State must urgently release funding for legacy inquestsAmnesty has called on the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley to urgently release funding for legacy inquests.
Press release 08 Mar 2018 -
Myanmar military's denial of violence against Rohingya 'a blatant lie', says Amnesty“We have extensively documented how the Myanmar military have led a murderous campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya, including killings, rapes, abductions and forced starvation."
Press release 07 Mar 2018 -
Sri Lanka: State of emergency must respect human rightsThe Sri Lankan authorities must respect human rights under the state of emergency that was declared today, Amnesty has said.
Press release 06 Mar 2018 -
Myanmar: Forced starvation of Rohingya highlights danger of premature returns"Fleeing Rohingya told us how they are still being forcibly starved in a bid to quietly squeeze them out of the country."
Press release 06 Mar 2018 -
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Government crackdown on child labour must address root causesThe DRC government has announced it is launching a new drive to tackle child labour in cobalt and copper mines.
Press release 02 Mar 2018 -
Ethiopia: State of emergency approval by MPs 'disappointing and irresponsible'The Ethiopian parliament has approved the government’s state of emergency declaration in full today.
Press release 02 Mar 2018 -
Egypt: fears that lawyer Ezzat Ghonim is latest human rights activist to be 'disappeared'Case comes after numerous activists ‘disappeared’ into secret state custody
Press release 02 Mar 2018 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty calls for clerical child abuse inquiry following latest revelationsAmnesty International has called for Secretary of State Karen Bradley to set up a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland.
Press release 01 Mar 2018 -
Undercover policing inquiry must be extended to Northern Ireland, say Amnesty“Northern Ireland must not be left behind due to the ongoing absence of government ministers advocating in our interests."
Press release 01 Mar 2018 -
Egypt's use of banned cluster bombs in Sinai confirmed'This new video confirms our worst fears'
Press release 28 Feb 2018 -
Syria: Chemical weapons pact with North Korea would be a 'betrayal of humanity'Press release 27 Feb 2018
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Theresa May should 'show some backbone' over human rights during Saudi Crown Prince's visit'UK ministers have turned a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s atrocious human rights record'
Press release 27 Feb 2018 -
Syria: More than 90 civilians killed and hundreds at risk as Afrin offensive escalatesAmnesty interviewed 15 people living in – or recently displaced from – the northern Aleppo area who painted a grim picture of shelling allegedly carried out by both sides.
Press release 27 Feb 2018 -
Maldives: Peaceful protesters must be released immediatelyAmnesty has documented several arbitrary detentions under state of emergency laws.
Press release 27 Feb 2018 -
Iran: police increase crackdown on hijab protesters with ten-year jail threat‘The Iranian authorities have violated women’s human rights in Iran for decades’
Press release 26 Feb 2018 -
USA: Banned Trump hair adverts to be driven round WashingtonPress release 26 Feb 2018
