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France: Mass surveillance at 2024 Olympics is an 'all-out assault' on human rightsFrench National Assembly’s permitz the use of mass video surveillance technology powered by Artificial Intelligence during the 2024 Olympics
23 Mar 2023 Press release -
Uganda: 'Appalling' anti-LGBTI law must be repealed immediatelyUganda: 'Appalling' anti-LGBTI law must be repealed immediately
22 Mar 2023 Press release -
Israel/UK: Rishi Sunak should raise apartheid crimes during Netanyahu visit - letter22 Mar 2023 Press release
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UK: activists to stage 'Israel apartheid' protest as Netanyahu visits for talks22 Mar 2023 Press release
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Russia: authorities step up 'witch-hunt' against Memorial with house raids21 Mar 2023 Press release
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Iraq: twenty years on, still no justice for war crimes by US-led coalition20 Mar 2023 Press release
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France: Bill to set up AI-driven mass surveillance at 2024 Olympics is 'dystopian'Proposals could see first pervasive AI-powered mass video surveillance in an EU country
20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Amnesty calls for 'complete overhaul' of Met's ethics standards after damning reviewResponding to the publication of Baroness Casey’s review into the conduct of the Metropolitan Police, Chiara Capraro, Amnesty International UK’s Women's Human Rights Manager, said: “The report’s findings are quite frankly terrifying, if not surprising,…
20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Amnesty International UK Media Awards finalists and host announced20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Climate Change: IPCC report must herald ‘transformational change’Today’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that 1.5C-degree limit to rise in global temperature set to be missed by wide margin
20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Australia: Former SAS soldier arrested for alleged war crime in Afghanistan is 'encouraging first step'
Four-year inquiry found evidence of grave human rights violations by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan
20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Russia/Ukraine: ICC arrest warrant for Putin is 'an impressive first step’ towards justice for victimsVladimir Putin wanted for alleged involvement in unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia
17 Mar 2023 Press release -
Hong Kong: Arrests for possessing children’s books a 'new low' for human rights'These ludicrous sedition charges must be dropped. No one should be imprisoned only because they own children’s books' - Hana Young
17 Mar 2023 Press release -
North Korea: UN meeting must send ‘unequivocal message’ on human rights
'The UN Security Council must use today’s meeting to send an unequivocal message to the North Korean authorities that human rights violations must end' - Sherine Tadros
17 Mar 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: South Korean firm Hyundai must avoid complicity in war crimes in village of Masafer YattaIsrael/OPT: South Korean firm Hyundai must avoid complicity in war crimes in village of Masafer Yatta
16 Mar 2023 Press release -
Indonesia: Authorities fail victims as police officers acquitted of football stadium deaths16 Mar 2023 Press release -
Japan: Government attempting to increase detention of asylum-seekers in ‘prison-like’ conditions
Repressive new bill would allow indefinite detention for irregular migrants and people seeking asylum
14 Mar 2023 Press release -
Poland: Conviction of abortion activist is 'depressing low' for reproductive rightsJustyna Wydrzyńska sentenced to eight months’ community service for assisting pregnant women in obtaining abortion pills
14 Mar 2023 Press release -
Mozambique/Malawi: Authorities must act to aid victims of record-breaking Storm Freddy14 Mar 2023 Press release
