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Belarus: medics paying 'heavy-price' in Lukashenko's crackdown - new briefingHealth workers in Belarus who provided emergency medical care during anti-government demonstrations or spoke out against protesters’ deaths and injuries are facing brutal reprisals from the authorities.
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Canada: thousands of migrants detained each year - new reportPress release 17 Jun 2021
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Hong Kong: Apple Daily arrests are 'deeply disturbing'Response to arrest of five senior executives and the seizing of journalistic material during a mass police raid on Hong Kong media outlet Apple Daily this morning.
Press release 17 Jun 2021 -
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: 'chilling' crackdown on journalists and activistsThe authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have launched a chilling crackdown on journalists and activists in the past year amid a “growing atmosphere of fear” in the region.
Press release 15 Jun 2021 -
Hungary: Orbán's government passes anti-LGBTI law marking a 'dark day' in the countryThe Hungarian government has passed a law to ban the promotion of LGBTI and gender change issues in education and advertising
Press release 15 Jun 2021 -
Nigeria: dozens of civil society groups demand end to Twitter banDozens of human rights and civil society groups have demanded an end to the Nigerian government’s ongoing blocking of Twitter in the country.
Press release 14 Jun 2021 -
Wales: women Senedd Members stand in solidarity with Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeWomen Senedd Members from all elected parties have come together with members of the Cardiff Amnesty Group to support the UK national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who is still arbitrarily detained in Iran.
Press release 14 Jun 2021 -
Nepal: Vaccines and oxygen desperately needed amid devastating second Covid-19 waveNew Amnesty briefing calls for international community to step up support.
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Algeria: two journalists and political opponent arrested on eve of electionResponse to news that the Algerian authorities have arrested journalists Khaled Drareni and Ihsane El Kadi - as well as high-profile opposition leader Karim Tabbou - ahead of legislative elections tomorrow (12 June).
Press release 11 Jun 2021 -
Hungary: Orbán continues 'brazen' attack on LGBTI people
The Hungarian government has proposed a law to ban the promotion of LGBTI and gender change issues in education and advertising
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USA putting migrant children in 'harm's way' - new reportThe US and Mexican governments are forcibly returning tens of thousands of unaccompanied children seeking safety back to the countries they have fled, Amnesty International said in a new report today.
Press release 11 Jun 2021 -
G7 summit: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual-nationals held in Iran must be urgently discussedAmnesty International has called on leaders at this weekend’s G7 meeting (11-13 June) to urgently discuss measures on how to take forward an international strategy to ensure all dual-nationals arbitrarily detained in Iran are released as soon as possible.
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G7 summit: one billion vaccine pledge is 'drop in the ocean'Pledging to provide one billion doses is a drop in the ocean and wouldn’t come close to covering the population of India, let alone vaccinating the world’s population.
Press release 11 Jun 2021 -
Nicaragua: Oretga ensures pre-election period 'plagued by repression' as political challengers arrestedThe Nicaraguan authorities are once again using the judiciary to intimidate and silence human rights defenders, political activists and journalists.
Press release 10 Jun 2021 -
G7 Summit: Rich governments' support of big pharma monopolies 'could kill millions of people'G7 Summit: Big pharma monopolies 'could kill millions of people'
Press release 10 Jun 2021 -
China: 'Crimes against humanity' being committed in Xinjiang - new reportHundreds of thousands of Muslim minorities subjected to mass internment and torture; millions more under systematised mass surveillance.
Press release 10 Jun 2021 -
Ireland: women still forced to seek abortion abroad is 'unacceptable'Statistics published today by the UK Department of Health and Social care reveals that almost 200 women and girls were forced to travel from Ireland to access abortion services in England and Wales last year
Press release 10 Jun 2021 -
Freedom/Solidarity/Resistance為自由/共命運/同抗爭: Tiananmen Massacre 32 Years OnBlog post 10 Jun 2021
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Saudi Arabia: 26-year-old facing execution for 'rioting' after forced confessionAmnesty International is calling for the execution of a 26-year-old man in Saudi Arabia to be halted after reports that his execution is imminent.
Press release 08 Jun 2021 -
Bosnia / Herzegovina: Ratko Mladić appeal loss 'historic moment' for victims of genocideOriginal verdict confirmed - Ratko Mladić sentenced to life imprisonment and found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Press release 08 Jun 2021
