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UN report adds to mountain of evidence of Myanmar's atrocities against Rohingya"Blistering report" shows the urgent need for independent criminal investigation
Press release 27 Aug 2018 -
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's return to jail a 'crushing disappointment'Nazanin's temporary “furlough” release from Evin Prison has reportedly not been extended
Press release 26 Aug 2018 -
UK: abortion pill progress for English women whilst Northern Irish women 'further isolated'Women in Northern Ireland still subjected to archaic and discriminatory abortion laws
Press release 25 Aug 2018 -
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe release 'welcome news and a much-needed respite'Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released on three day furlough. Click to read more.
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
USA: new report slams Florida's 'diehard' attachment to death penaltyThere are 374 people on death row in the state
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
Myanmar: Lack of accountability for atrocities against Rohingya highlighted by 'shameful' milestoneMore than 700,000 Rohingya have fled from northern Rakhine State to neighbouring Bangladesh in the last year.
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
Uganda: Authorities must set Bobi Wine free and drop fabricated treason chargesPress release 23 Aug 2018 -
Women activists stage 'Beep for Freedom' car stunt outside Saudi embassy in London to highlight 100 days of crackdown'The Saudi Embassy has heard us loud and clear demanding the release of these brave women'
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
Saudia Arabia: Outrageous ongoing detention of women's rights defenders reaches 100 daysPress release 22 Aug 2018
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Saudi Arabia: "Horrifying" plan to execute female activist must be stoppedIsraa al-Ghomgham faces execution alongside four other activists
Press release 22 Aug 2018 -
UK: Home Office apology to just 18 Windrush individuals "worrying"Response brings into question whether Office has “a realistic grasp on all the people it has wrongly detained and removed” - Steve Valdez-Symonds
Press release 21 Aug 2018 -
Cambodia: land rights activist Tep Vanny released after two years in detentionVanny was 'unjustly' detained for peacefully protesting the forced eviction of her community
Press release 20 Aug 2018 -
Kofi Annan: Lifelong champion of justice, peace and dignity“The world has lost a great leader."
Press release 18 Aug 2018 -
New Secretary General Kumi Naidoo pledges support for African human rights defenders to hold the powerful to account“We need to see much more intra-African solidarity for the cause of justice."
Press release 17 Aug 2018 -
Bangladesh: Nearly 100 arrests as crackdown on protests continueThe Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on protests that has seen nearly 100 people arrested to date.
Press release 17 Aug 2018 -
Kazakhstan: feminist activist in court for menstruation protestPress release 16 Aug 2018
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Amnesty International's new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo sets his vision for human rightsAmnesty’s first South African Secretary General begins his term in office
Press release 16 Aug 2018 -
Turkey: Released Amnesty chair thanks supporters for international solidarityTaner Kılıç has said thank you to everyone who campaigned on his behalf.
Press release 16 Aug 2018 -
Indonesia: More than 70 killed by police in crackdown ahead of Asian GamesIndonesian police have shot dead more than 70 people in an escalating crackdown on what they have called ‘petty criminals’ in the lead-up to the 2018 Asian Games.
Press release 16 Aug 2018
