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Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean joins Amnesty's book club to inspire activism in children in WalesWelsh comedian and writer, Kiri Pritchard-McLean has joined Amnesty International UK’s book club for children – Reading Rebels – to educate children on social justice issues.
Press release 30 Sep 2021 -
Poland: Digital evidence indicates Afghan asylum seekers illegally pushed back into BelarusAmnesty’s Evidence Lab analysed and verified satellite imagery, videos and photographs of incidents at the border
Press release 30 Sep 2021 -
Bangladesh: Investigate murder if leading Rohingya activist in refugee campPress release 29 Sep 2021
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Northern Ireland: Call for clerical child abuse inquiry following announcement of redress fund for victims
Amnesty International has called for the Northern Ireland Executive to set up a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse following the announcement by the Catholic diocese of Dromore of a redress fund for victims.
Press release 29 Sep 2021 -
UK: NSO Group prevented from promoting notorious spyware at London expoThe organisers of a major security fair to be held in London this week have said the controversial Israeli company NSO Group will not be allowed to exhibit its intrusive “Pegasus” spyware equipment at the event - a pledge made after Amnesty International…
Press release 27 Sep 2021 -
Switzerland: Yes vote on same-sex marriage a 'historic' momentPeople in Switzerland have voted in a referendum to make same-sex marriage legal
Press release 27 Sep 2021 -
Taiwan: Landmark moment for transgender rights as court rules against surgery requirementThe court ruled that that the enforcement of surgery to change one’s gender registered at birth violates the constitution.
Press release 25 Sep 2021 -
Hong Kong: Demise of Hong Kong Alliance shows marking Tiananmen crackdown will not be toleratedThe Hong Kong Alliance has organised Hong Kong’s Tiananmen commemoration vigil for the past 30 years.
Press release 25 Sep 2021 -
USA: border officials must be held accountable over violent conduct toward HaitiansPress release 24 Sep 2021
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Northern Ireland: Latest rejection of UK government's 'Troubles' plans must be a 'wake-up call'
Northern Ireland: Rejection of UK government's 'Troubles' plans must be a 'wake-up call'
Press release 23 Sep 2021 -
Russia: Siberian shaman who marched against Putin confined indefinitely in psychiatric hospitalResponse to a court decision which came into force today to confine Siberian shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev in a psychiatric hospital for an indefinite period for vowing “to purge” Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin.
Press release 23 Sep 2021 -
Global: States must deliver surplus Covid-19 vaccines nowPress release 22 Sep 2021
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UK: giant snakes-and-ladders board to show ups and downs in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe caseRichard Ratcliffe will unveil a giant snakes-and-ladders board in Parliament Square in central London on Thursday 23 September (11am) to mark the 2,000th day that his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been arbitrarily detained in Iran.
Press release 21 Sep 2021 -
Covid-19: Big Pharma fuelling unprecedented human rights crisis - New ReportCovid-19: Big Pharma fuelling unprecedented human rights crisis - New Report
Press release 21 Sep 2021 -
Morocco: detained Uyghur man must not be sent to ChinaPress release 21 Sep 2021
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Rwanda: numerous fair trial concerns in Paul Rusesabagina caseResponse to the 25-year jail sentence handed down against Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda today after the opposition leader and man credited with saving 1,200 lives during the Rwandan genocide was found guilty of terrorism offences.
Press release 20 Sep 2021 -
Mexico: authorities failing victims of femicide as gender-based violence continues at a terrifying pacePress release 20 Sep 2021 -
USA: admission over civilian deaths in Kabul drone strike must lead to real accountabilityResponse to the United States military’s admission tonight that it killed ten civilians - including seven children - in a drone strike in Kabul on 29 August.
Press release 17 Sep 2021 -
Troy Davis remembered: special event ten years on from his executionAmnesty International UK will hold a special online event on 21 September (7-8.30pm) to mark the ten-year anniversary of the execution of Troy Davis, a 42-old Black man executed in the US state of Georgia despite widespread concerns over the safety of…
Press release 16 Sep 2021 -
Philippines: International Criminal Court's investigation into drugs killings welcomedResponse to the International Criminal Court’s announcement that it has opened an investigation into killings during the Philippine government’s deadly “war on drugs”.
Press release 16 Sep 2021
