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Northern Ireland: Prosecution dropped for Black Lives Matter protestorsAmnesty International welcomes the decision by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland to not proceed with prosecutions of people who participated in the Black Lives Matter protests in Belfast and Derry-Londonderry in June 2020.
Press release 02 Jun 2021 -
Russia: human rights and pro-democracy leader detained after being pulled off planeResponse to news that Andrei Pivovarov, executive director of the recently-disbanded Russian pro-democracy and human rights movement Open Russia was taken off a flight in Saint Petersburg last night and arbitrarily detained.
Press release 01 Jun 2021 -
China: three-child policy does not 'respect' people's life choices
China should respect people’s life choices and end any invasive and punitive controls over people’s family planning decisions.
Press release 31 May 2021 -
Qatar: whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour activist must be revealedThe Qatari authorities must immediately reveal the whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour rights activist Malcolm Bidali, five human rights and labour rights organisations.
Press release 28 May 2021 -
Yemen: Huthis forced tortured journalists and religious minorities into exile - new reportJournalists, political opponents and Baha’i religious minority members in Yemen have been unlawfully detained and tortured for up to seven years, then sent into exile.
Press release 27 May 2021 -
UK: 'Reckless' new plan on immigration sees major decline in processing asylum claimsNew statistics published today by the Home Office show that immigration rules introduced by the Home Secretary last December have led to more than 1,500 people who have sought asylum in the UK being warned the Home Office is looking to send them to other…
Press release 27 May 2021 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes new Ombudsman investigation into policing of the Black Lives Matter protest
There must be a fundamental reassessment of how the PSNI approaches the right to protest and to the necessary work of rebuilding their badly damaged relationship with Northern Ireland’s Black and Minority Ethnic communities.
Press release 26 May 2021 -
Saudi Arabia: Google must halt plans to establish Cloud region in countryAmnesty International and 38 other human rights groups and individuals have today called on Google to halt plans to establish a Cloud region in Saudi Arabia until the technology giant can publicly demonstrate how it will mitigate risks of serious adverse…
Press release 26 May 2021 -
Sierra Leone: Government must address mental health crisis following civil war and Ebola epidemic - New Report
Sierra Leone mental health crisis following civil war and Ebola epidemic - New Report
Press release 25 May 2021 -
UK: Landmark ruling confirms GCHQ mass surveillance violated human rightsThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today that the UK government’s bulk interception of communications powers violated the rights to privacy and freedom of expression.
Press release 25 May 2021 -
China: Australian-Chinese writer held on 'baseless' spying charges must get fair trialStatement ahead of tomorrow’s trial in Beijing of Australian-Chinese writer Yang Hengjun on charges of espionage.
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Belarus: Urgent action needed to free Roman Protasevich after 'horrifying' forced confessionAmnesty International launches urgent action following televised statement by Roman Protasevich in which he appears distraught and injured
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Occupied East Jerusalem: Israel should scrap Silwan forced evictions plansStatement ahead of an appeal hearing at the Jerusalem District Court tomorrow over the forced eviction of two Palestinian families in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Northern Ireland Abortion: Failure to commission services heads to courtAmnesty International and Informing Choices NI join the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission challenge on the lack of commissioning abortion services in the region
Press release 25 May 2021 -
Northern Ireland: PSNI must end work with Israeli police and security servicesPress release 24 May 2021
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Belarus: Students expelled, charged and jailed for opposing Lukashenka - New ReportBelarus: Students expelled, charged and jailed for opposing Lukashenka - New Report
Press release 24 May 2021 -
Belarus: journalist must be released after 'chilling' forced landing of Ryanair flightResponse to the apprehension of the prominent Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich - former editor-in-chief of the Telegram channel NEXTA - after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to make an emergency landing in the Belarus…
Press release 23 May 2021 -
Switzerland: Violence and racism in asylum centres run by private security companies - new reportPeople held in federal asylum centres operated by private security companies in Switzerland have been subjected to a range of abuse at the hands of security guards, including violence and coercive measures, the use of pepper gel and being locked in a…
Press release 20 May 2021 -
Global Health Summit: G20 Leaders must push pharma companies to share life-saving technologyPress release 20 May 2021 -
USA/Colombia: fresh evidence of US weapons being used against protestersAmnesty International is calling on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to immediately halt the flow of US weapons and equipment to Colombia after Amnesty verified visual evidence of US-made equipment being used by the Colombian security forces to…
Press release 20 May 2021
