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USA: 'cruel' execution in Missouri set to go ahead despite innocence claimsThe US state of Missouri plans to execute a man who has proclaimed his innocence through five trials and faces execution despite claims that “compelling” evidence never heard at his trials could have exonerated him.
Press release 19 May 2020 -
Hungary: decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is a 'step into the dark ages'Hungary: decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is a 'step into the dark ages'
Press release 19 May 2020 -
UK: Privacy questions must be addressed before NHSX contact-tracing app roll-outAmnesty letter to Matt Hancock ahead of nationwide roll-out
Press release 18 May 2020 -
Northern Ireland: With domestic violence at all-time high, funding urgently needed for frontline groupsPress release 18 May 2020
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UK: Crucial opportunity for MPs to fix 'harmful' immigration system'The current pandemic has exposed the damaging impact of the UK’s deeply harmful immigration system' - Kate Allen
Press release 18 May 2020 -
UK human rights organisations speak out for trans equality amidst growing threats to trans rightsUK human rights organisations speak out for trans equality amidst growing threats to trans rights
Press release 17 May 2020 -
UK: reports of intimidation of hospital PPE whistleblowers 'very alarming'Amnesty International has described as “very alarming” new reports of hospital whistleblowers being “intimidated” by senior managers for having raised concerns over shortages of personal protective equipment.
Press release 15 May 2020 -
Hong Kong: report into police conduct during protests denounced as 'biased'Amnesty has called a report by the Hong Kong Independent Police Complaint Council into the policing of protests in the city during June 2019 to March 2020 'biased'.
Press release 15 May 2020 -
Zimbabwe: Authorities must account for disappearance of three opposition leaders after COVID-19 protestPress release 14 May 2020
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Saudi Arabia: 'heartbreaking' two-year anniversary of jailed women's rights activistsAmnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to release prominent women’s rights defenders - two years after they were detained - describing their ongoing plight as “heartbreaking”.
Press release 14 May 2020 -
Global: Starvation 'bigger threat' than COVID-19 in many refugee campsGovernments around the world ‘preventing deliveries of food and water, locking people up, or sending them back to war and persecution’
Press release 14 May 2020 -
Cambodia: 'War on Drugs' is rife with torture, corruption and on brink of triggering a COVID-19 catastrophe - New Report‘War on drugs’ has led to human rights abuses and dangerously overfilled detention facilities in the midst of the pandemic
Press release 13 May 2020 -
USA: Trump administration is 'weaponising COVID-19 to shut its borders to people seeking safety'
Reports suggest that Trump administration may indefinitely expand restrictions on right to seek asylum and humanitarian protections at border
Press release 13 May 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Contact tracing app privacy and cross-border concerns raised with Executive
Amnesty International has written to the Northern Ireland Executive raising concerns about data privacy and human rights protections related to any COVID-19 tracking digital app which may be adopted for use in Northern Ireland.
Press release 11 May 2020 -
Syria: UN must not cut vital aid lifeline to Idlib amid Russian and Syrian war crimes - new reportA new Amnesty report details 18 cases - the majority of which occurred in January and February this year - where Syrian government and/or Russian forces targeted medical facilities and schools in Idlib, western Aleppo and north-western Hama governorates.
Press release 09 May 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Threat against journalists at two Sunday newspapers condemned
Amnesty International has condemned a threat made against journalists at two Sunday newspapers in Northern Ireland, reportedly made by the South East Antrim Ulster Defence Association, and called for the threat to be lifted immediately.
Press release 08 May 2020 -
UK: 1 in 5 speak to neighbour for first time as UK shows 'new levels' of compassion during lockdownUK: 1 in 5 speak to neighbour for first time as UK shows 'new levels' of compassion during lockdown COVID-19
Press release 07 May 2020 -
Egypt: 1,600 people held without trial have detentions extended despite COVID-19 fearsAmnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to overturn recent decisions by “terrorism circuit” judges to extend the pre-trial detention of more than 1,600 detainees, many of whom are prisoners of conscience.
Press release 07 May 2020 -
UK: Silencing whistleblowers 'shameful and completely unacceptable'Reports of MP sacked from care home job for speaking out about PPE shortages "incredibly concerning"
Press release 07 May 2020 -
USA: Pentagon report fails to acknowledge true extent of civilian casualties and deaths abroad
US claims military operations killed 130 civilians and injured 91 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year
Press release 06 May 2020
