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Rufus Wainwright, The xx's Romy Madley Croft, Jodie Comer, Arlo Parks and Ana Matronic join virtual Pride festivalSunday 28 June – Friday 10 July 2020 - https://prideinside.uk/
Press release 27 Jun 2020 -
Israel/OPT: petition to TripAdvisor CEO calls on company to pull out of settlementsAmnesty International has sent a 300,000-strong petition to TripAdvisor’s CEO Stephen Kaufer today calling on the online travel company to discontinue its operations in Israel’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank.
Press release 25 Jun 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Police spit hoods may increase risks of spread of COVID-19; PSNI should suspend usePress release 24 Jun 2020
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Saudi Arabia: Lina al-Hathloul calls for UK Government to help jailed sister LoujainThe sister of a jailed Saudi women rights campaigner has called on the UK Government to use its “power and influence” to help secure the human rights defender’s release.
Press release 24 Jun 2020 -
UK: Police spit hoods may increase risk of Covid-19 spread and should not be used to police pandemicPress release 24 Jun 2020
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Tanzania: Opposition politicians arrested as crackdown escalates ahead of electionsPress release 24 Jun 2020
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Niger: 100-day detention of three activists highlights increasing crackdown on dissenting voicesPress release 23 Jun 2020
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USA: scale of police violence during Black Lives Matter protests revealedPolice forces across the USA have committed widespread human rights violations against Black Lives Matter protesters.
Press release 23 Jun 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty, CAJ and UNISON call for public inquiry into care home deathsPress release 23 Jun 2020
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Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside public prosecutor's officeSanaa Seif was detained whilst waiting to file a complaint after suffering a violent assault
Press release 23 Jun 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: UN should urgently review de-listing over children's rights violationsAmnesty International and 23 other NGOs have written to UN Secretary General António Guterres calling on him to reconsider the de-listing of Saudi Arabia from a UN watchlist of warring states and armed groups found to be violating children’s rights.
Press release 23 Jun 2020 -
Libya: 'long overdue' UN fact-finding team welcomedAmnesty International has welcomed a resolution from the United Nations Human Rights Council today to establish a fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations by all parties to the conflict in Libya.
Press release 22 Jun 2020 -
NSO Group spyware used against Moroccan journalist - new investigationThe Israeli technology company NSO Group’s notorious spyware was used by the Moroccan government to spy on Moroccan journalist Omar Radi.
Press release 22 Jun 2020 -
Malaysia: Threat to force 269 Rohingya boat people back to sea is a 'new low'Vessel landed at Langkawi island on 8 June, with woman’s dead body and many survivors barely able to walk
Press release 19 Jun 2020 -
'Pride Inside' online LGBTI+ festival line-up announced
A free online festival of Pride celebrations Sunday 28 June – Friday 10 July 2020
Press release 19 Jun 2020 -
Egypt: medics arrested for speaking out over COVID-19 failingsThe Egyptian authorities have been using “terrorism” and “spreading false news” charges to arrest healthcare workers who have spoken out over safety concerns during the country’s COVID-19 crisis.
Press release 18 Jun 2020 -
Amnesty calls for condemnation of far-right violence after clashes in GlasgowPress release 18 Jun 2020
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Amnesty gives cautious welcome to UK government U-turn on contact tracing appPress release 18 Jun 2020
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China: Human rights lawyer jailed for four years must be releasedPress release 17 Jun 2020
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Nigeria: Shell still failing to clean up pollution in Niger DeltaOnly 11% of contaminated sites have even seen clean-up operations begin
Press release 17 Jun 2020
