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Poland: Government's 'deeply misogynistic' attitude condemnedGovernment’s near total ban on abortion, lack of protection for victims of violence and no recognition that sex without consent is rape is a human rights violation
Press release 16 Sep 2021 -
Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil convictions are another 'outrageous attack' on free speechPress release 15 Sep 2021
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Egypt: feared National Security Agency systematically 'monitoring' activists into silence - new reportPress release 15 Sep 2021
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UK: Government must end Covid vaccine hoarding as booster programme announcedUK: Covid booster jabs welcome but government must end vaccine hoarding
Press release 14 Sep 2021 -
Know your freedoms: 11 human rights defenders you need to follow on Instagram right now
Know your freedoms: 11 human rights defenders you need to follow on Instagram right now
Press release 13 Sep 2021 -
Facebook's reported use of 'white-list' for high-profile users must trigger regulationResponse to the publication of internal documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal which reportedly show that Facebook is using a system that exempts high-profile users from some or all of the platform’s terms of use.
Press release 13 Sep 2021 -
Niger: Children killed or forcibly recruited by armed Islamist groups in devastating conflict - New ReportNiger: Children killed or forcibly recruited by armed Islamist groups in devastating conflict - New Report
Press release 13 Sep 2021 -
Russia: journalist arrested for advocating 'smart voting' in forthcoming electionsPress release 10 Sep 2021
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Syria/Jordan border: refugees at acute risk if returned to Syria under new UN plansPress release 10 Sep 2021
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UK: Government's plan to push back refugees to France is 'senseless'Intercepting vessels in the Channel is incredibly high-risk and to push people back will endanger their lives which is totally at odds with the legal duty of rescue at sea.
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Global: New Investigation exposes misuse of police batonsPress release 08 Sep 2021
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UK: Home Secretary meeting with French counterpart to deter people crossing Channel is 'lost cause'
People have every right to seek asylum in the UK, and they only make dangerous journeys and rely on smugglers because there are no safe alternatives made available to them.
Press release 08 Sep 2021 -
Lebanon: 'Lives on the line' as hospitals unable to get fuelPress release 06 Sep 2021
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Belarus: Leading opposition figures sentenced to jail for peaceful protestsMaryia Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak sentenced to 10 and 11 years respectively
Press release 06 Sep 2021 -
Syria: refugees face detention, torture and death on return – new reportAmnesty International documents appalling human rights violations committed by Syrian intelligence officers
Press release 06 Sep 2021 -
Tunisia: authorities must come clean over abduction of Algerian activistPress release 03 Sep 2021 -
Lebanon: authorities must not send six recently-arrested Syrians back to SyriaPress release 02 Sep 2021 -
Poland: Declaration of state of emergency puts Afghan refugees at riskAmnesty is calling on Poland’s government to end pushbacks, to ensure access to the territory for those seeking protection, and to immediately provide refugees held at the border with Belarus with essential humanitarian assistance.
Press release 02 Sep 2021 -
UK: Government must invest in all refugees fleeing persecution
Granting indefinite leave to remain immediately to Afghans needing to rebuild their lives in the UK is a sensible and supportive approach.
Press release 01 Sep 2021 -
Angelina Jolie and Amnesty publish hard-hitting book on children's rightsKnow Your Rights and Claim Them is written for children and is informed by them
Press release 01 Sep 2021
