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Greta Thunberg given Amnesty's 2019 'Ambassador of Conscience' award"To act on your conscience means that you fight for what you think is right" - Greta Thunberg
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Saudi Arabia: boy arrested aged 13 at risk of executionHe faces execution for offences dating back to when he was just ten years old
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Russia: arrest of journalist on drugs charge part of 'depressingly familiar pattern'He faces eight years in jail on ‘dubious’ drugs charge
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Sudan: Rapid Support Forces should be removed from streets of Khartoum immediatelyProtester’s bodies weighted with bricks and thrown in the Nile
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Hong Kong: 'Huge step forward' for same-sex equality thanks to court rulingSame-sex marriages or civil partnerships are not yet recognised in Hong Kong.
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Greece: Newly-amended rape law 'a historic victory' for womenGreece to become ninth out of 31 European countries to recognise that sex without consent is rape.
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Syria: new multimedia site tells story of Coalition's destruction of Raqqa‘I witnessed a level of destruction not comparable to anything I’ve seen in decades of covering the impact of war’
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Sudan: dozens reportedly killed by security forces
‘Reports that bodies have been dumped in the river demonstrate the utter depravity of these so-called security forces’
Press release 05 Jun 2019 -
Vietnam: Authorities crack down on Facebook users in bid to silence criticsPress release 05 Jun 2019 -
France: Refugee camp volunteers abused, choked and threatened by police - new reportPress release 05 Jun 2019
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London: Streets around Chinese Embassy 'renamed' Tiananmen Square on anniversary of crackdown“Today, we remember the bravery of those who protested in Tiananmen Square” – Kate Allen
Press release 04 Jun 2019 -
Trump UK visit: activists unfurl giant 'Resist' banners in front of US EmbassyPress release 03 Jun 2019 -
Northern Ireland: ‘Victory for press freedom’ as police drop case against investigative journalists
Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Durham Police to drop the criminal investigation of Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey.
Press release 03 Jun 2019 -
Sudan: international community should impose sanctions in response to 'senseless slaughter'Attack on protesters has killed at least 13
Press release 03 Jun 2019 -
Northern Ireland: Important day for press freedom as police search warrants quashedCourt directs police to return seized materials to journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey ‘forthwith’.
Press release 31 May 2019 -
USA: Trump plans to block asylum to people from Central America'Seeking asylum is a human right, full stop' - Charanya Krishnaswami
Press release 31 May 2019 -
London: Streets around Chinese Embassy to be 'renamed' Tiananmen Square on anniversary of crackdownDr Shao Jiang, who survived the crackdown on 4 June 1989, will put up a street sign.
Press release 31 May 2019 -
Russia: 'homophobic' censoring of Elton John Rocketman film condemned‘This mutilated version of the film insults and dehumanises same-sex relationships’
Press release 31 May 2019 -
India: Prime Minister Modi must build a more inclusive India in new term in officePress release 30 May 2019
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Lebanon: ban on gay dating app Grindr condemned‘This move will serve to entrench and legitimise homophobic views'
Press release 29 May 2019
