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UK/Lebanon: Fire Brigades Union joins call for investigation into Beirut explosionThe Fire Brigades Union has joined Amnesty International in calling on the UK government to press for a full international investigation into the devastating explosion in Beirut three months ago.
Press release 01 Nov 2020 -
'Amnesty Academy' app launches to teach human rights to new generation of activistsFree app is available on iOS and Android, and in more than 20 languages
Press release 30 Oct 2020 -
UK/USA: letter to US ambassador Woody Johnson warns of election violenceAmnesty International UK has written to the US Ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, warning of the risk of violence during next week’s presidential election.
Press release 30 Oct 2020 -
Poland: authorities must refrain from excessive force during protest against abortion restrictionsPress release 30 Oct 2020 -
USA: policy to separate migrant families amounted to 'torture'Response to the findings of a 21-month investigation by the US House Judiciary Committee into the Trump administration’s family separation policy - which resulted in more than 2,500 migrant children being separated from their parents.
Press release 29 Oct 2020 -
Hong Kong: Charges against student activist Tony Chung 'expose Government's disdain for freedom of expression'Former leader of group Studentlocalism, charged under new national security law with secession, money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious material
Press release 29 Oct 2020 -
Armenia/Azerbaijan: First confirmed use of cluster munitions by Armenia 'cruel and reckless'‘The firing of cluster munitions into civilian areas is cruel and reckless, and causes untold death, injury and misery’ - Marie Struthers
Press release 29 Oct 2020 -
India: Counter-terror raids on journalists and human rights organisations signal 'alarming' escalation in crackdown on dissentRaids in Jammu and Kashmir conducted based on accusations that the organisations have been using funding from India and abroad ‘for secessionist and terrorist activities’
Press release 29 Oct 2020 -
Nigeria: attempt to cover up killing of #EndSars protesters exposedDetailed timeline of events leading up to Lekki Toll Gate massacre released
Press release 28 Oct 2020 -
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces 'judicial charade' with summons to courtChances of fair trial are ‘basically zero’ - Kate Allen
Press release 28 Oct 2020 -
Belarus: Workers arrested during vicious crackdown on peaceful protesters'We see with shock and dismay how this regime, which has unleashed weeks of unspeakable violence against protesters in streets and prisons, today sent masked riot police to beat and arrest striking workers at their workplaces' - Denis Krivosheev
Press release 26 Oct 2020 -
Russia: activist jailed for Putin puppet demo should be freedAmnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Aleksandr Shabarchin - a Russian activist who was jailed over a satirical video featuring a homemade mannequin of Vladimir Putin.
Press release 26 Oct 2020 -
USA: police have failed to protect protesters from violence - new reportLaw-enforcement agencies across the USA are failing to facilitate people’s fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly or to protect protests and counter-protests from violent disruption by armed groups.
Press release 23 Oct 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: business leaders must avoid 'dirty deals' at B20 summitAmnesty International is calling on business leaders participating in the “B20” summit in Saudi Arabia next week to avoid “dirty deals” and to indicate how they intend to prevent their companies becoming involved in human rights violations in the Kingdom.
Press release 23 Oct 2020 -
Poland: 'cruel judgment' further rolls back abortion rights
Constitutional Tribunal rules abortion on grounds of ‘severe foetal defect’ is unconstitutional
Press release 22 Oct 2020 -
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 -
Nigeria: At least 12 #EndSARS protestors killed by militaryPress release 21 Oct 2020
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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 -
UK: Leaked documents show plans to again discharge COVID-19 patients into care homesAmnesty has seen documents sent by local authorities to care homes in different parts of the country asking how many beds they can provide for COVID-19 patients, without any independent assurance of capacity to do so safely
Press release 21 Oct 2020 -
Thailand: Media outlet shutdown an attempt to stifle growing protestPress release 20 Oct 2020
