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Pakistan: Asia Bibi freedom 'a great relief', but blasphemy laws must be repealedAsia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman freed from death row last year, has now arrived in Canada.
Press release 08 May 2019 -
Home Secretary handed 100,000-strong petition demanding end to indefinite immigration detentionAmnesty International UK, Liberty, Women for Refugee Women and Freed Voices call for immediate end to indefinite detention
Press release 08 May 2019 -
Myanmar: Genuine press freedom must follow release of Reuters journalistsGovernment must now repeal any laws that 'keep a chokehold on freedom of expression' - Nicholas Bequelin
Press release 07 May 2019 -
Brunei: 'Heinous' death penalty law must now be repealedBrunei authorities have announced they will continue to refrain from implementing the death sentence
Press release 06 May 2019 -
World Press Freedom Day: Journalists remain at risk for uncovering human rights abusesTrevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey arrested for work on ‘No Stone Unturned’ documentary.
Press release 03 May 2019 -
Twitter and Facebook failing to protect women MPs from abuse, Joint Human Rights Committee saysAmnesty has documented worryingly high levels of online abuse against women
Press release 02 May 2019 -
Venezuela: Government steps up 'policy of repression' against protestersAt least four people have been killed, more than 200 injured and 205 arrested during state repression of protests across Venezuela since 30 April
Press release 02 May 2019 -
US: Department of Defense must investigate civilian casualties caused by airstrikes"The latest report is a welcome step for accountability for civilian casualties as a result of US operations, but many more are required."
Press release 02 May 2019 -
Nigeria: Shell ruling on involvement in Ogoni Nine executions a 'vital step towards justice'A Dutch court has ruled in favour of the plaintiffs & said the court has jurisdiction
Press release 01 May 2019 -
Press freedom event dedicated to Lyra McKee
Amnesty International and the Queen’s Film Theatre have announced that an event in Belfast to mark World Press Freedom Day is to go ahead this Saturday and will be dedicated to journalist Lyra McKee.
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
Ecuador: women environmental defenders in life-threatening danger due to government failingsNew Amnesty International report shows Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against Amazonian Women environmental defenders
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
USA must 'lift veil of secrecy' on civilian deaths from airstrikes - Congress reporting deadline tomorrow‘We hope to finally see an honest assessment of the devastating impact that US lethal strikes have had’
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
Nigeria: Children and women raped and abused in prison - new investigationHarrowing investigation details instances of rape and abuse against children unlawfully detained in a maximum-security prison
Press release 29 Apr 2019 -
Iran: two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executedIran has executed nearly 100 juvenile offenders since 1990
Press release 29 Apr 2019 -
Benin: Internet shutdown on election day a blunt attack on freedom of expressionPress release 28 Apr 2019
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South Sudan: Twenty-year-old girl killed for refusing to marry
'The marriage and killing are not only illegal, but also inhumane' - Joan Nyanyuki
Press release 28 Apr 2019 -
Shell involvement in execution of 'Ogoni Nine' in Nigeria to be decided by courtEsther Kiobel and other widows challenging oil giant Shell in court in The Hague.
Press release 28 Apr 2019 -
USA: pulling out of arms trade treaty would 're-open floodgates' on arms sales'US signature to ATT was an important step towards ensuring that dangerous weapons stay out of the wrong hands'
Press release 26 Apr 2019 -
Amnesty challenges French government's 'reckless' donation to Libyan Coast GuardLegal challenge against government’s decision to donate six boats to the Libyan Navy, which includes the Libyan Coast Guard.
Press release 25 Apr 2019 -
Syria: US-led Coalition's bombardment of Raqqa killed more than 1,600 civilians - new findingsJoint investigation between Amnesty and Airwars is most comprehensive into civilian deaths in modern warfare.
Press release 25 Apr 2019
