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Thailand: Next government must ensure urgent human rights reformsThailand’s next government must lift undue restrictions on freedom of expression and limit arbitrary executive powers.
Press release 22 Mar 2019 -
Sorting truth from lies: how Amnesty works in the era of ‘fake news’ - Belfast event
An Amnesty International researcher will be in Belfast on Monday (25 March) to reveal how the organisation is using cutting-edge digital investigation techniques to expose human rights abuses in the era of ‘fake news’.
Press release 22 Mar 2019 -
Amnesty Presents: The Human Rights DefendersNot all superheroes wear capes
Press release 21 Mar 2019 -
Electric vehicle companies called on to produce 'ethical battery' within five years‘Consumers have the right to demand that products marketed as the ethical choice really stand up to scrutiny’
Press release 21 Mar 2019 -
UK: Home Affairs Select Committee's 'damning review' of immigration system a needed intervention"The Home Affairs Committee is right to give a damning review of the Home Office’s cavalier, excessive and inhumane use of immigration detention," says Amnesty International UK’s Refugee & Migrant Rights Programme Director.
Press release 21 Mar 2019 -
Northern Ireland: New video released to raise profile of arrested Belfast journalistsPress release 20 Mar 2019
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Karadžić life sentence is 'powerful message'‘This verdict demonstrates that war criminals cannot hide from justice’
Press release 20 Mar 2019 -
US airstrikes in Somalia have killed civilians despite official denials - new report‘Our findings directly contradict the US military’s mantra of zero civilian casualties in Somalia’
Press release 20 Mar 2019 -
Turkey: Amnesty staff accused of terrorism must be acquitted tomorrowPress release 20 Mar 2019
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Cyclone Idai: Governments must ramp up rescue efforts and ensure adequate humanitarian assistanceHundreds of people remain trapped in the cyclone-hit areas
Press release 19 Mar 2019 -
'Typhoon plane' taken to Parliament in protest at UK's arming of Saudi Arabia‘While UK arms companies are making money, Yemeni civilians are dying in their thousands’
Press release 18 Mar 2019 -
Russia: leading Chechen human rights activist sent to penal colony for four years‘Oyub Titiev … is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for his human rights work in Chechnya’
Press release 18 Mar 2019 -
Gaza: Hamas crackdown on peaceful cost-of-living protests is most severe for a decade‘The crackdown on freedom of expression and the use of torture in Gaza has reached alarming new levels’ - Saleh Higazi
Press release 18 Mar 2019 -
USA: Trump administration's blocking of International Criminal Court condemnedUSA is ‘hellbent’ on rolling back human rights protections
Press release 15 Mar 2019 -
New Zealand: World leaders must stand against hate-filled ideology following horrific mosque attacks‘The New Zealand we believe in… welcomes refugees and migrants, and respects the rights of everyone to practise their religion in peace’ - Kumi Naidoo
Press release 15 Mar 2019 -
Saudi Arabia: women activists trial begins with 'outrageous' charges‘This trial is yet another stain on the Saudi authorities’ appalling human rights record’
Press release 14 Mar 2019 -
Northern Ireland: 'Justice denied' to many Bloody Sunday familiesOnly one British Army soldier to face prosecution over killings on Bloody Sunday.
Press release 14 Mar 2019 -
Climate change school strikes praised by Head of AmnestyPress release 13 Mar 2019
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UK companies warned over involvement in Israeli war crimes - new reportAmnesty has written to all companies in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Index, spelling out the human rights and reputational issues of the trade in goods and services in the settlements.
Press release 13 Mar 2019 -
Bahrain: opposition leader given six-month sentence for tweet about Sudanese presidentThe UK, as a key ally of Bahrain, urged to break its silence over ongoing crackdown
Press release 13 Mar 2019
