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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 -
UK: domestic abuse survivors urge MPs to protect all victimsThe Domestic Abuse Committee will hear evidence from survivors today
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
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USA: President Trump tramples right to protestPress release 02 Jun 2020
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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 -
Northern Ireland: DUP motion has no impact on hard-won abortion law
Amnesty reacts to DUP motion
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 -
London remembers the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen MassacreBlog post 30 May 2020
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Ethiopia: Security forces 'must face justice for horrific human rights violations' - New ReportForces have burned homes to the ground, committed rape and extrajudicial execution in response to inter-communal violence
Press release 29 May 2020 -
South Sudan: renewal of UN arms embargo a welcome move to protect livesPress release 29 May 2020
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USA: Trump's targeting of social media companies 'dangerous and irresponsible'Press release 29 May 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Man with claims of innocence executed in MissouriWalter Barton was executed on 19 May 2020. He was on death row in Missouri, USA since 2006.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2020 -
Darvinson Rojas released on bailVenezuelan journalist, arrested in an attempt to silence his reporting on the coronavirus, released on bail.
29 May 2020 -
10 human rights stories you may have missed during the COVID-19 crisisWhile we rightly keep our focus on COVID-19 developments, here are some important human rights stories that have affected millions of people but have been drowned out by coronavirus related news.
Blog post 28 May 2020 -
Hong Kong: Passing of national security bill an 'outrageous attack on human rights'
'It is imperative that the international community wakes up to the alarming situation that lies before them – China has shown it can be swayed if it is put under strong and sustained pressure' - Kate Allen
Press release 28 May 2020 -
Israel/OPT: challenge to travel ban on Amnesty campaigner to be heard by courtPress release 28 May 2020
