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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 -
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 gives cautious welcome to UK government U-turn on contact tracing appPress release 18 Jun 2020
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Amnesty calls for condemnation of far-right violence after clashes in GlasgowPress release 18 Jun 2020
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Northern Ireland: MPs vote through abortion regulations with strong majorityRegulations passed with a majority of 253 votes to 136
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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
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Northern Ireland: Amnesty and CAJ raise concerns over laws restricting protest ahead of Assembly debatePress release 16 Jun 2020
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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: 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
Press release 15 Jun 2020 -
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
Press release 14 Jun 2020 -
The Welcome CinemaThe Welcome Cinema + Kitchen brings together people from all walks of life – refugees, asylum seekers and the general public – to share food, culture and stories.
Blog post 12 Jun 2020 -
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
Press release 12 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
Press release 11 Jun 2020 -
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
