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USA: 'cruel' nitrogen gas execution in Alabama must be stopped23 Jan 2024 Press release
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Italy: MPs should reject 'unworkable, harmful and unlawful' migration deal with Albania - new briefing‘Externalisation’ deal will see people taken hundreds of miles by sea to Albania and face arbitrary detention
22 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: Rwanda Bill vote is 'bitterly disappointing'This historically-bad Bill should never have seen the light of day in the first place and it’s bitterly disappointing to see it pass through the Commons
18 Jan 2024 Press release -
Europe: Halt 'scandalous' returns of people from the North Caucasus to Russia where they are at risk of torture and abuse - new reportCroatia, France, Germany, Poland and Romania have or have attempted to extradite or deport asylum seekers who had fled persecution in the North Caucasus
18 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: MPs must vote against 'historically bad' Rwanda Bill
Amnesty is strongly urging MPs to vote against the Government’s Rwanda bill
16 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: Tragic Channel crossing deaths highlight Government’s irresponsibility and failure to respect human life
‘Refusing to act to help traumatised and desperate people find real safety is irresponsible and no way to respect, still less save, human life’ - Steve Valdez-Symonds
14 Jan 2024 Press release -
Amnesty Media Awards 2024: entries close in two weeks12 Jan 2024 Press release
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Papua New Guinea: Police and military must 'protect human rights' amid riotsLooting and protests erupted after around 200 military and police personnel walked off the job
11 Jan 2024 Press release -
Israel/OPT: South Africa's genocide case offers glimmer of hope for justice
‘War crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza are rife, and the risk of genocide is real’ - Agnès Callamard
10 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: MPs should oppose 'draconian' anti-boycott bill09 Jan 2024 Press release
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Africa: LGBTI people face 'relentless' oppression after surge in discriminatory laws - new briefing31 countries still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual activity
09 Jan 2024 Press release -
Switzerland: Trial of former Gambian minister for crimes against humanity welcomedFormer interior minister Ousman Sonko standing trial on charges of involvement in killings, rape and torture during Jammeh presidency
08 Jan 2024 Press release -
Iran: Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali at grave risk of 'retaliatory' execution22 Dec 2023 Press release
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Myanmar: Military should be investigated for war crimes in response to 'Operation 1027'Myanmar military arbitrarily detained civilians and looted valuables
21 Dec 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: Israeli authorities must account for secretly-detained Palestinians20 Dec 2023 Press release
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Irish Government challenge to Troubles Act 'vital for victims here and around the world'20 Dec 2023 Press release
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Sudan: fresh fears for civilians in second city Wad Madani19 Dec 2023 Press release
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UK: Ministers must 'stop threatening' people seeking asylum after another Channel crossing tragedy
The reason people attempt these dangerous journeys is the absence of safe alternatives to escape the miserable and unsafe conditions in which they are caught
15 Dec 2023 Press release -
Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai’s ‘sham trial’ a further attack on press freedomRepressive National Security Law is crushing Hong Kong’s freedoms
15 Dec 2023 Press release -
Mozambique: Authorities must investigate ‘deplorable killing’ of newspaper editor15 Dec 2023 Press release
