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Northern Ireland: MPs vote through abortion regulations with strong majorityRegulations passed with a majority of 253 votes to 136
Press release 17 Jun 2020 -
Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway's contact-tracing apps among most privacy-infringingBahrain, Kuwait and Norway have rolled out some of the most invasive COVID-19 contact-tracing apps putting the privacy and security of hundreds of thousands of people at risk.
Press release 16 Jun 2020 -
USA: Trump's executive order on policing a 'band-aid for a bullet wound'Amnesty is calling for meaningful reforms to end police violence
Press release 16 Jun 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty and CAJ raise concerns over laws restricting protest ahead of Assembly debatePress release 16 Jun 2020
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Northern Ireland: Lords approve abortion regulations with 'huge majority'
The House of Lords has voted to approve Northern Ireland’s abortion regulations 355 to 77
Press release 15 Jun 2020 -
Norway: 'Deeply intrusive' COVID-19 contact-tracing app haltedMove comes after Amnesty raises privacy concerns with near-live tracking of users’ locations
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Zimbabwe: persecution of tortured female opposition leaders continues as they are denied bailPress release 15 Jun 2020
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UK: Plans to drop gender recognition reforms would see UK plummet in LGBT equality rankingsGovernment is set to scrap plans to allow people to change their legal gender by self-identifying as male or female
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UK: review into police use of Tasers against BAME people welcomedPress release 12 Jun 2020
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China: tech firm Zoom criticised over Tiananmen censorshipTechnology firm Zoom’s compliance with a Chinese government request to end meetings related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown critcised.
Press release 12 Jun 2020 -
UK: Fresh Windrush scandal investigation welcomed as 'scale of injustice demands a full reckoning'Equality and Human Rights Commission will be launching a new investigation into how the Home Office handled the Windrush scandal
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Iran: Kurdish prisoner secretly executed by Revolutionary Guards, family toldPress release 11 Jun 2020
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Croatia: Shocking evidence of police torture of migrants16 Pakistanis and Afghans subjected to five hours of abuse at Croatian border
Press release 11 Jun 2020 -
USA: discriminatory facial recognition technology should be banned - new callAmnesty International is calling for a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by police for mass surveillance purposes because of its use in racially discriminatory policing and in racial profiling.
Press release 11 Jun 2020 -
France: Landmark European Court of Human Rights judgment rules boycott campaign against Israel cannot be criminalisedIn 2009, 11 campaigners were charged with ‘incitement to discrimination’ for handing out Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) leaflets, and given suspended fine of €1,000 and €7,000 in damages
Press release 11 Jun 2020 -
Global: 'Alarming' extent of police tear gas abuse around the world revealedAmnesty has launched an interactive website documenting security forces’ misuse of tear gas in 22 countries around the world
Press release 11 Jun 2020 -
USA: Trump's sanctions against International Criminal Court employees 'yet another assault on justice'President Trump has authorised sanctions against ICC employees involved in investigating American troops, intelligence officials and those of allied nations for possible war crimes
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Taser use on 62-year-old 'litmus test' for Met Police claim that black lives matterPress release 10 Jun 2020
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Qatar: 100 World Cup stadium workers not paid for up to seven monthsMigrant workers employed on a construction project for a FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar worked for up to seven months without pay.
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France: Prosecution of police officer who assaulted British volunteer helping refugees in Calais welcomedTom Ciotkowski pushed violently by police after recording a French police officer reportedly pushing another volunteer in Calais in 2018
Press release 10 Jun 2020
