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Israel/OPT: UK ban on violent settlers is belated recognition of 'apparatus of state-backed repression'
If the UK really wants to take a stand against Israel’s illegal settlement expansion, it should also ban the UK trade in settlement goods instead of continuing to import products which facilitate and legitimise a war crime.
14 Dec 2023 Press release -
Greece: Six months on deadly shipwreck survivors still denied justiceGreek authorities failed to mobilise appropriate resources for a rescue
14 Dec 2023 Press release -
Hong Kong: Police issue ‘absurd’ cash bounties on overseas activistsFive exiled pro-democracy activists become latest targeted by large bounties
14 Dec 2023 Press release -
UAE: authorities launch mass prosecution of human rights activists during COP2812 Dec 2023 Press release
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Russia: fears grow for Aleksei Navalny's safety after 'disappearance' in detention12 Dec 2023 Press release
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UK: Distressing Bibby Stockholm death must lead to 'drastic change of course' on asylum
This is extremely distressing news and our immediate thoughts are with the person’s family and friends, and with everyone still being held on the Bibby Stockholm
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: MPs must reject attack on human rights and the rule of law in Rwanda billAmnesty is urging MPs to vote against the Government’s Rwanda Bill, calling it an attack on the rule of law and the very concept of universal human rights
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Vote on Rwanda bill is an 'assault' on refugee rights and the rule of law
It was wrong that this bill was introduced and has now progressed.
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
Spain / UK: Football community unites to tackle discriminationLeading figures in the world of football came together with civil society and diplomats to tackle sexism, racism and homophobia in the game, at a joint Amnesty International and UK Embassy forum in Madrid on Monday (11 December). Former Spanish international Fernando Morientes and ex-England international Anita Asante joined representatives of the La Liga Foundation, Leicester City, Real Betis and others for the anti-discrimination event at the Caixa Forum in Madrid.
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
Amnesty Media Awards 2024: judges announced11 Dec 2023 Press release
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UK: MPs urged to support calls for immediate halt to UK arms sales to IsraelPrivate members’ bill - Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill - will be presented to Commons on Monday, with Westminster Hall debate the following day
10 Dec 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: US veto blocks UN ceasefire resolution that would end mass suffering in GazaUS is isolated as the only country to veto call for immediate ceasefire
08 Dec 2023 Press release -
Lebanon: Israel's attack on seven journalists was a likely war crime - new investigation
An Israeli attack on a group of seven journalists in south Lebanon on 13 October - a double-strike attack which killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others - was likely to have been a direct attack on civilians that must be…
07 Dec 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: UN Security Council must not block Gaza ceasefire resolution
Appeal to UK, USA and other Security Council members to back ceasefire resolution after Antonio Guterres ‘rings alarm bell’ by invoking Article 99 of UN Charter
07 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Removing human rights laws in Rwanda asylum bill is 'callous and immoral'
We strongly urge Parliament to reject this bill - it breaches international law, plain and simple
07 Dec 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Four years on from decriminalisation abortion access 'a right but not reality' - new reportObstacles include sporadic, under-resourced and understaffed services; conscience-based refusals, misinformation as well as pervasive stigma
07 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Latest figures show Government continues to 'sweep up innocent people' into the dragnet of PreventOver 2100 referrals were for children under the age of 14 including 256 individuals under the age of 10
07 Dec 2023 Press release -
Iran: security forces used rape to help crush women's rights protests - new report06 Dec 2023 Press release
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UK: Asylum treaty with Rwanda is a 'gross political fantasy'With this treaty, ministers are once again doubling down on a fundamentally reckless policy of not processing asylum claims made in the UK
05 Dec 2023 Press release
