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Iran: release of German-Iranian activist Nahid Taghavi welcomed13 Jan 2025 Press release
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Georgia: Symbolic acts of protest targeted with draconian new law
New laws in Georgia in 2024 target activists and journalists
13 Jan 2025 Press release -
UK: Chancellor must use China trip to challenge Beijing over 'brutal suppression' of human rights
in the wake of arrest warrants being issued for Hong Kong pro-democracy activists living in the UK, Amnesty International has urged the Chancellor to challenge the Chinese authorities over their brutal suppression of human rights and to ensure that human rights are central to any deals or agreements made during the trip
09 Jan 2025 Press release -
UK: 'Nothing progressive' about new sanctions regime on people smuggling gangs
There’s nothing progressive whatsoever about failing yet again to provide safe travel alternatives for people seeking asylum
09 Jan 2025 Press release -
DRC: president must halt mass execution of more than 170 people07 Jan 2025 Press release
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Angola: Five government critics released after more than a year of arbitrary imprisonment07 Jan 2025 Press release
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USA: Biden's commutation of federal death sentences welcomed23 Dec 2024 Press release
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Syria: urgent need to preserve evidence of Assad-era human rights crimes‘Every additional minute of inaction heightens the risk that a family may never discover the fate of their missing loved one’ - Shadi Haroun
23 Dec 2024 Press release -
Lebanon: Hezbollah's rocket attacks on northern Israel must be investigated as likely war crimes20 Dec 2024 Press release
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UK: Laila Soueif to mark 81st day of hunger strike with Christmas vigil outside Downing St18 Dec 2024 Press release
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UK: Spying and policing of young children remains the consequence of Government's proposed new counter terror measures
The Home Secretary has announced on 17 December 2024 proposed new measures for children ‘suspected of being drawn into terrorist activity’ telling MPs there was “confusion” in the system and it was “not always clear to practitioners what kinds of cases…
17 Dec 2024 Press release -
UK: Amnesty response to data release from 'outdated and draconian' Vagrancy Act
The UK Government has today released analysis of the data on the number of people experiencing homelessness across Wales and England who have been charged and prosecuted using the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 which makes rough sleeping a crime.
17 Dec 2024 Press release -
'Landmark case for press freedom' - Northern Ireland and Met police broke law spying on journalistsThe Investigatory Powers Tribunal has found police broke the law and breached human rights of Northern Ireland journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney.
17 Dec 2024 Press release -
Serbia: 'A Digital Prison' - Authorities using spyware to unlawfully hack journalists and activists16 Dec 2024 Press release -
Georgia: Extreme police brutality, torture and hospitalisations in violent crackdown against protesters
Hundreds of protesters in Georgia have faced brutal dispersal tactics, arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment during a crackdown on anti-government rallies
13 Dec 2024 Press release -
UK: Syrian refugees must not be left stuck in 'asylum limbo'
‘Syrian refugees and the fall of Assad’ - calls for a speedy resumption to decision-making and for the future of the Syrian people to be prioritised over any short-sighted ambition to return refugees
12 Dec 2024 Press release -
Sudan: SAF airstrike on crowded market a flagrant war crime
International law prohibits attacks on civilian objects and requires the parties to a conflict to minimise civilian harm.
12 Dec 2024 Press release -
Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes which killed at least 49 civilians are probable war crimes12 Dec 2024 Press release
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Wales: UK Government figures show children under 15 targeted by discriminatory counter-terrorism approachWith the Prevent duty targeting a disproportionate number of under-15s, Amnesty Wales calls on the Welsh government to demand Westminster abolishes its counter-terrorism programme to protect children from discrimination.
11 Dec 2024 Press release -
Iran: Threats of prison, flogging and death in new law to crush resistance to compulsory veiling
Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women and girls, imposing the death penalty, flogging, prison terms and other severe penalties to crush ongoing resistance to compulsory veiling
11 Dec 2024 Press release
