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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: 1,000th day in detention is 'another depressing milestone'"The UK Government should continue to press for Nazanin’s release using every channel of communication available to it."
Press release 29 Dec 2018 -
UK: Home Secretary must do more to share responsibility for refugee plightPress release 28 Dec 2018 -
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: ahead of 40th birthday, Amnesty pledges to continue campaigning for her freedom'Her birthday will be yet another painful moment'
Press release 24 Dec 2018 -
Gangs Matrix: London Mayor's review 'a step in the right direction', but now significant change needed"The recommendations are a step in the right direction, and this review should serve as a wake-up call for the police."
Press release 21 Dec 2018 -
Sudan: Killing of protesters must be investigated immediatelySudan is currently experiencing a severe economic crisis which has led to a rise in the cost of fuel, electricity, transport, food and medicine, provoking countrywide protests.
Press release 21 Dec 2018 -
Egypt: 43 NGO workers acquitted in notorious 'foreign funding' case‘This was a bogus case’ - Najia Bounaim
Press release 20 Dec 2018 -
UAE: jailed economist's health failing after prolonged hunger strikeThe Matthew Hedges case recently highlighted Emirati injustice
Press release 20 Dec 2018 -
UK: Immigration White Paper a 'huge missed opportunity' to reform harmful policies'The Home Office has yet again failed to put people at the heart of its policies and practice' - Steve Valdez-Symonds
Press release 19 Dec 2018 -
Vietnam: Police raid NGO meeting in 'absurd and shocking crackdown'Police in Vietnam shut down a major annual meeting of grassroots groups and non-government organisations this morning in an alarming step-up of the authorities’ repression of civil society.
Press release 19 Dec 2018 -
Women abused on Twitter every 30 seconds - new study1.1 million abusive or problematic tweets were sent to women last year
Press release 18 Dec 2018 -
Egypt: Court orders release of woman imprisoned for speaking out against sexual harassmentAmal Fathy is an Amnesty International Write For Rights campaign case this year.
Press release 18 Dec 2018 -
China: Google's 'plan to drop Project Dragonfly' welcomed“Going ahead with Project Dragonfly would represent a massive capitulation on human rights by one of the world’s most powerful companies” – Kumi Naidoo
Press release 17 Dec 2018 -
Ireland: Abortion bill welcomed but 'significant flaws' in legislation remain‘Women have waited 35 years for this’ – Colm O’Gorman
Press release 14 Dec 2018 -
France: School children and protesters victims of excessive force by policeMore than 1,400 people injured during recent ‘gilets jaunes’ demonstrations
Press release 14 Dec 2018 -
Central African Republic: UN peacekeepers deserted posts as 100 civilians shot and burnt alive - new reportThere are 'serious questions as to whether they lived up to their mandate'
Press release 14 Dec 2018 -
Iraq: ISIS systematically destroyed Yezidi farms during onslaught - new reportPress release 13 Dec 2018
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UK: Public should 'resist drum-beat of calls for all police to carry a Taser'“Amnesty recognises that the police have a duty to protect the public and themselves from harm, but we’ve got serious concerns about the use of Tasers becoming the norm for day-to-day policing."
Press release 13 Dec 2018 -
Women fight back as oppressive and sexist policies dominate 2018 - Amnesty annual reviewReview launched on 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Press release 10 Dec 2018 -
Stansted 15 verdict is 'crushing blow' for human rights in the UKIt was a case of 'using a sledgehammer to crack a nut'
Press release 10 Dec 2018
