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UK: call for NATO to 'get own house in order' over Syria attacks‘Does NATO care about the beleaguered civilians of northern Syria?’ - Kristyan Benedict
Press release 29 Nov 2019 -
Amnesty's open-source Raqqa investigation wins award‘This collaboration has pioneered some of the most cutting-edge human rights research in the world today’
Press release 29 Nov 2019 -
Iraq: 'street filled with blood', as security forces kill 25 at Nasiriyah protest‘This bloodbath must stop now’ - Lynn Maalouf
Press release 28 Nov 2019 -
Further prison sentences for "Peacock Generation"Six members of a satirical poetry troupe face additional charges and a year in prison for criticising the military.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2019 -
Pakistan: Disappeared human rights defender at risk of tortureA Pakistani human rights defender who has worked with Amnesty International is feared to have been forcibly disappeared.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2019 -
Palestinian NGO worker in administrative detentionA Palestinian NGO worker and activist has been issued a 4-month administrative detention order by Israeli military.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2019 -
Egypt: state prosecution body is 'central tool of repression' under Sisi - new reportThe number of detentions has rise sharply under Sisi
Press release 27 Nov 2019 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty urges 1,200 schools to let pupils strike for climatePress release 27 Nov 2019 -
This is my protest t-shirtThis is my protest t-shirt - available now until 29th Nov. Once they're gone, they're gone!
Blog post 27 Nov 2019 -
Brazil: Halt illegal cattle farms fuelling Amazon rainforest destruction - new reportCattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories
Press release 26 Nov 2019 -
Ukraine: Police protect Kiev Trans March from repeat of violenceAuthorities successfully protected Trans March in Kiev, marking Transgender Day of Remembrance. Several hundred members of law enforcement were deployed to protect Trans March participants from violent members of far-right groups advocating for hatred…
26 Nov 2019 -
The Maldives: NGO shut down and staff at risk of attackA leading NGO in The Maldives was permanently closed by authorities, after being subject to a smear campaign and threats.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Nov 2019 -
Lebanon: pro-government attackers on motorbikes torch protest campsAttacks appear to mark a 'dangerous escalation’
Press release 26 Nov 2019 -
Turkey: Amnesty's ex-Director and honorary Chair must be acquitted in absurd 'terror' trialProsecution’s summing-up expected after more than two years
Press release 26 Nov 2019 -
Syrians at risk of deportation from TurkeySyrian refugees are at risk of deportation from Turkey. Authorities may start moving them to an active conflict zone.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Nov 2019 -
China: leaked documents further proof of 'sickeningly vast scale' of systematic persecutionChinese authorities must 'end this human rights catastrophe'
Press release 25 Nov 2019 -
Execution halted for Rodney ReedA Texas court has halted the scheduled execution of Rodney Reed, and ordered that new evidence be considered in his case. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles supported delaying the execution and recommended that Governor Greg Abbott grant a 120-day…
25 Nov 2019 -
The ethical gift guideEthical gifts for the festive season, recommended by the team at Amnesty UK
Blog post 25 Nov 2019 -
Iran: protester death toll reaches at least 143Reports of families even charged for cost of bullet that killed loved ones
Press release 25 Nov 2019 -
Human rights defender's body found after 40 days missingMissing indigenous human rights defender has been found dead 40 days after his disappearance.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Nov 2019