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Ethiopia: Five journalists held on terrorism charges should be releasedCase is part of recent surge in arrests based on draconian anti-terrorism laws
Press release 04 Oct 2019 -
Hong Kong: Face mask ban an extreme attempt to quash protestsThe Hong Kong government today announced a ban on face coverings at public gatherings.
Press release 04 Oct 2019 -
Global: Government calls for Facebook to break encryption 'latest attempt to intrude on private communications'“Facebook is right to stand up to this latest attempt to intrude on private communications."
Press release 04 Oct 2019 -
Northern Ireland: High Court ruling finds abortion law in breach of UK human rights commitmentsSarah Ewart and Amnesty International win their landmark abortion law case at the Belfast High Court
Press release 03 Oct 2019 -
Brazil: arrests in Marielle Franco case welcomed'No human rights defender is safe in Brazil as long as this case remains unpunished'
Press release 03 Oct 2019 -
Gruffalo co-creator illustrates poem by refugees on National Poetry DayAxel Scheffler illustrates poignant poem by refugees at the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
Press release 03 Oct 2019 -
Iraq: authorities must rein in security forces after 18 protester deathsPress release 03 Oct 2019 -
Egypt: unprecedented mass arrests designed to send message that protests will be crushedMore than 2,300 held in largest wave of arrests since President Sisi came to power
Press release 02 Oct 2019 -
Saudi Arabia: year on from Khashoggi's murder, crackdown in country continuesThe trial of those accused of killing Khashoggi is shrouded in secrecy
Press release 01 Oct 2019 -
Tanzania: detained journalist Erick Kabendera facing 'targeted harassment' as case delayed againCase delayed for the sixth time
Press release 01 Oct 2019 -
Northern Ireland abortion: High Court to rule on Sarah Ewart case
Court could declare Northern Ireland’s abortion law in breach of UK’s human rights commitments
Press release 01 Oct 2019 -
Hong Kong: Urgent investigation needed after protester shot by police
Teenager in critical condition in hospital after being shot in chest.
Press release 01 Oct 2019 -
UK: Amnesty's annual gift catalogue released in time for ChristmasPress release 01 Oct 2019
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Somalia: three victims of US airstrike were farmers not Al-Shabaab - new investigation‘No thought is given to the civilian victims'
Press release 01 Oct 2019 -
Pakistan: Lecturer accused of blasphemy for Facebook posts must be releasedPress release 30 Sep 2019
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Greece: 'Preventable' fire in Moria camp highlights abject failure of governments and EU to protect refugees'With 12,503 people living in a camp designed for 3,000, and with fires previously breaking out in the camp, authorities cannot deny that this tragedy was preventable' - Massimo Moratti
Press release 30 Sep 2019 -
Israel/OPT: legally-sanctioned torture of Palestinian man 'utterly outrageous'Shin Bet has tortured hundreds of Palestinians in the past 20 years
Press release 30 Sep 2019 -
Morocco: jailing of journalist for allegedly having abortion is 'devastating blow' for women's rightsHajar Raissouni jailed for a year, along with her fiancé
Press release 30 Sep 2019 -
Hungary: Syrian man unjustly jailed finally allowed home to CyprusAuthorities in Cyprus have finally allowed Ahmed H to return to his family
Press release 28 Sep 2019 -
Iran: latest UK-Iranian dual-national jailing - reaction
‘Trials in Iran are systematically unfair’ - Mansoureh Mills
Press release 27 Sep 2019
