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UK: online abuse against black women MPs 'chilling'Black women 84% more likely to receive abusive tweets than white women
Press release 09 Jun 2020 -
Bahrain: Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab released after four years in jailNabeel has repeatedly been targeted for his human rights work and peaceful criticism over the past two decades
Press release 09 Jun 2020 -
Laws restricting protest in Northern Ireland 'unacceptable'The last-minute introduction of fines against peaceful Black Lives Matter protests in Northern Ireland over the weekend is “unacceptable and should be immediately dropped.
Press release 08 Jun 2020 -
Amnesty raises concerns of policing at Black Lives Matters protestsAmnesty raises concerns of policing at Black Lives Matters protests
Press release 07 Jun 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Fines imposed on peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors ‘deeply worrying’Press release 06 Jun 2020
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Libya: shocking new evidence of retaliatory attacks on civiliansNew evidence obtained by Amnesty International indicates that war crimes and other violations may have been committed between 13 April and 1 June by warring parties in Libya during the latest surge in fighting near Tripoli.
Press release 05 Jun 2020 -
Australia: Black Lives Matter protest must be allowed to take placeAmnesty responds to attempts by Australian police to ban Black Lives Matter protests going ahead in Sydney tomorrow,
Press release 05 Jun 2020 -
Philippines: UN report on failed 'war on drugs' reveals urgent need for international investigation‘War’ has seen thousands murdered by police as part of a widespread and systematic attack against poor communities
Press release 04 Jun 2020 -
UK: domestic abuse survivors urge MPs to protect all victimsThe Domestic Abuse Committee will hear evidence from survivors today
Press release 04 Jun 2020 -
UK: Rise in homelessness in wake of COVID-19 could lead to 'human rights catastrophe'
'No one should be left without a safe place to stay including because of COVID-19 and its fall-out' - Kate Allen
Press release 04 Jun 2020 -
Hong Kong: National anthem law 'insult to freedom of expression'Booing Chinese anthem at football matches could lead to three-year jail sentence
Press release 04 Jun 2020 -
Cambodia: Reforms to tackle prison overcrowding ‘must go further and put human rights at the core of drug policy’
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch want reforms to be deepened and made permanent, through the review and amendment of the Law on Drug Control
Press release 03 Jun 2020 -
UK: COVID-19 review 'failing' BAME people'The lack of a Government plan to actually tackle these deeply-worrying racial disparities is a glaring and unforgivable omission in the review' - Kate Allen
Press release 03 Jun 2020 -
USA: President Trump tramples right to protestPress release 02 Jun 2020
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Northern Ireland: DUP motion has no impact on hard-won abortion law
Amnesty reacts to DUP motion
Press release 02 Jun 2020 -
Russia: anti-Putin shaman confined to psychiatric hospitalRespondse to a Russian court’s decision earlier today to confirm the confinement of Aleksandr Gabyshev - a Siberian shaman who vowed last year to “to purge” Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin - to a psychiatric hospital.
Press release 02 Jun 2020 -
USA protests: UK should review exports of security equipment to US police forcesUK should review exports of security equipment to US police forces.
Press release 01 Jun 2020 -
Northern Ireland: women 'failed and forgotten' amidst attempts to roll back abortion rights
Amnesty opposes DUP motion and Sinn Féin amendment that would support restricting abortion rights
Press release 01 Jun 2020 -
Hong Kong: Ban on Tiananmen vigil should be lifted'The Hong Kong authorities should help facilitate a socially-distanced Tiananmen vigil rather than outright banning it’ - Joshua Rosenzweig
Press release 01 Jun 2020 -
USA: police must end 'excessive' militarised response to George Floyd protestsUSA: police must end 'excessive' militarised response to George Floyd protests
Press release 31 May 2020
