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UK: Domestic abuse services call for urgent support for migrant victims blocked from safety, healthcare and refugesUK: ‘At a time when safety and healthcare is what we all need, migrant women victims of domestic abuse are denied these fundamental lifelines’ – open letter to the Home Secretary for emergency protections for migrant women amid COVID-19 crisis
Press release 30 Mar 2020 -
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe prison leave extended - Amnesty renews calls to 'end ordeal''We're cautiously hopefully that now - finally - we could be getting to the end of the tunnel' Kate Allen
Press release 29 Mar 2020 -
Hungary: Emergency coronavirus law must not give Orbán 'indefinite and uncontrolled' powersPress release 27 Mar 2020 -
Cambodia: overcrowded prisons are 'ticking time bomb'Overcrowded, squalid prisons and detention centres risk becoming detonators for a major COVID-19 outbreak in Cambodia that will make the pandemic much harder to control.
Press release 27 Mar 2020 -
Northern Ireland: Abortion regulations fail to protect women during Covid-19 crisisAmnesty International has welcomed the publication of regulations for the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland but warned that they will fail to keep women safe during the current health emergency.
Press release 25 Mar 2020 -
Israel/Palestine: court asked to lift 'absurd' travel ban on Amnesty campaignerFor past six months, Israel has barred Laith Abu Zeyad from travelling for undisclosed ‘security reasons’
Press release 25 Mar 2020 -
USA: Coronavirus doesn't give states the right to limit abortion accessPress release 25 Mar 2020 -
UK: Protective equipment shortages 'incredibly worrying' during coronavirus responsePress release 25 Mar 2020 -
Colombia: Fears over 'precarious' situation of prisoners in overcrowded jailsAt least 23 people have died and 83 have been injured following prison protests in Colombia calling for efficient measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Press release 24 Mar 2020 -
UK: Government must consider alternatives to detention following prison lockdownFollowing an announcement that prisons in England and Wales have been put on “immediate lockdown” due to the latest coronavirus prevention measures
Press release 24 Mar 2020 -
New abortion pill measures a 'necessary step' - must extend to Northern IrelandMeasures must be extended to other parts of UK and made permanent
Press release 23 Mar 2020 -
UK: Coronavirus bill must put human rights at centre of response - new briefingPress release 23 Mar 2020 -
Yemen: Huthi-run court upholds death sentence against Baha'i manHamid Haydara, prisoner of conscience of Baha’i faith, originally arrested in 2013 and subjected to unfair five-year trial process
Press release 23 Mar 2020 -
Egypt: Call for release of at-risk prisoners amid coronavirus crisisPress release 20 Mar 2020 -
India: execution of Delhi bus murderers won't end violence against womenFirst executions in India in nearly five years
Press release 20 Mar 2020 -
Qatar: migrant workers in overcrowded camps at grave risk from COVID-19Migrant workers trapped in camps such as those in Qatar are at particular risk of exposure to the virus.
Press release 20 Mar 2020 -
UK: Windrush report 'paints disturbing picture' of decades of harmful Home Office policy and practice‘The recent Immigration Bill does nothing to address the continued injustice, racism and harm caused by the immigration system’ – Steve Valdez-Symonds
Press release 19 Mar 2020 -
Iran: prisoner pardons welcome, but hundreds more who should be free remain in jailPress release 19 Mar 2020
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UK: Emergency powers must protect the most vulnerable‘Amnesty will be closely monitoring the progression and implementation of the Bill to ensure that the response remains proportionate’ – Kate Allen
Press release 19 Mar 2020
