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Hong Kong: Nine pro-democracy activists jailed for 2019 protestActivists - including media tycoon Jimmy Lai - sentenced to between eight and 18 months in prison.
Press release 16 Apr 2021 -
Russia: raid at student magazine a 'new low' in press freedom crackdownPress release 14 Apr 2021
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Ethiopia: Eritrean troops kills more civilians in Tigray - eyewitness evidenceEritrean forces opened fire on civilians in town of Adwa, killing three people and injuring at least 19
Press release 14 Apr 2021 -
USA: Daunte Wright's death yet again shows urgent need to address policing failuresSurviving an interaction with law enforcement shouldn’t depend on where you live or the colour of your skin. Amnesty will continue to call for police accountability for the use of deadly force.
Press release 13 Apr 2021 -
Northern Ireland: Use of water cannons and plastic bullets 'extremely alarming'Police used water cannons and Attenuating Energy Projectiles (AEPs) during disorder in Belfast.
Press release 09 Apr 2021 -
Bahrain: more than 70 new Covid cases in major outbreak at Jaw prisonAmnesty International is increasingly concerned at reports of a major COVID-19 outbreak at Jaw prison in Bahrain, a jail already notorious for its overcrowded conditions.
Press release 09 Apr 2021 -
USA: Biden's actions on gun violence 'will save many lives'Response to US president Joe Biden’s announcement of a new package of measures designed to curb rampant gun violence in the country.
Press release 08 Apr 2021 -
Amnesty report 2020: Global inequality 'brutally exposed' by pandemicAmnesty International report on global human rights in 2020
Press release 07 Apr 2021 -
UK/Iran: Olivia Colman and others join campaign for detained BritonThe Crown star Olivia Colman, the British-Iranian actor Nazanin Boniadi and the British-Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi are supporting a new campaign to secure the release of a British man being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison in Iran.
Press release 07 Apr 2021 -
UK: Home Office forcing more people to live in 'squalor and inhumane conditions' at Napier BarracksAfter alarms have been raised repeatedly about health concerns at Napier Barracks - not least the possibility of coronavirus ravaging through the camp - it’s almost unbelievable that the Home Office is now seemingly intent on sending more people there.
Press release 07 Apr 2021 -
Vietnam: Fresh crackdown as National Assembly election loomsIntimidation and harassment on the rise ahead of 23 May vote
Press release 01 Apr 2021 -
UK: Football clubs line up to welcome refugees as outdoor sport returns post-lockdownAs outdoor sport returns after lockdown, football clubs are lining up to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum, as part of Amnesty International UK’s Football Welcomes month.
Press release 01 Apr 2021 -
Northern Ireland: Zero prosecutions from the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry, despite 190 complaints to PSNI
Amnesty International and Ulster University have launched a series of online events to help survivors of Mother and Baby and Magdalene Laundry institutions in Northern Ireland to design a public inquiry into abuses they suffered.
Press release 29 Mar 2021 -
Myanmar: 5-year-old among nearly 100 killed by security forcesPress release 27 Mar 2021
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UK: Amnesty director Kate Allen announces her retirementAmnesty director Kate Allen announces her retirement
Press release 27 Mar 2021 -
Turkey: 'World is watching' as women stand up to Erdogan's withdrawal from the Istanbul ConventionThe withdrawal of the Istanbul Convention violates the rights of millions of women and girls in Turkey
Press release 26 Mar 2021 -
UK: China sanctions will not stop us speaking up against Uyghur abuses
UK: China sanctions will not stop us speaking up against Uyghur abuses
Press release 26 Mar 2021 -
USA: Google, Facebook and Twitter 'have failed' over disinformation and hate speechPress release 25 Mar 2021
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Belarus: call on diplomats to live-stream 'Freedom Day' protestsStatements made by the Belarusian authorities ahead of “Freedom Day” mass demonstrations planned for tomorrow raise serious concerns that the police response to peaceful protests will again be extremely violent.
Press release 24 Mar 2021 -
UK: New immigration plan is a 'false pretence of fundamental change'After months of Government briefings that have consistently sought to fault anyone but the Home Office for its manifest failings, today’s announcement is nothing short of what we expected.
Press release 24 Mar 2021
