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Good Friday Agreement: Amnesty response to President Biden’s speech
'When the anniversary celebrations end, the UK government's threats to the Agreement will remain unless the PM changes course on the Troubles Bill' - Grainne Teggart
12 Apr 2023 Press release -
Sunak-Biden meeting: PM must end hypocrisy and scrap legislation violating Good Friday AgreementUK government actions that are recklessly undermining the delicate peace settlement must be on the Biden-Sunak meeting agenda
11 Apr 2023 Press release -
Troubles Bill: All cards are on table for Irish government taking UK to court
Amnesty and Troubles victims made call for legal challenge in meeting with Tánaiste Micheál Martin ahead of 25th anniversary of Belfast/Good Friday Agreement
06 Apr 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Policing board to review ‘seriously violating’ PSNI practice of strip searching childrenPSNI has strip searched children as young as 12 to 14 years old
13 Mar 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Decision not to prosecute in Patricia Devlin threats case shows system is failing to protect press freedom'This PPS decision will strengthen a feeling of impunity among those who already feel emboldened to make threats of violence against journalists.' - Patrick Corrigan
06 Mar 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: PSNI stop and search figures show continued racial disparityPeople from minoritised ethnic communities almost twice as likely to be stopped and searched; thousands of children also searched
15 Feb 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Multi-cultural association forced to sell up after race hate attacks
Amnesty International has said it is a “dark day for Belfast” after the city’s multi-cultural association announced that they had listed their building on Donegall Pass for sale, after repeated arson attacks which left them fearful for the lives of their volunteers.
14 Feb 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Critical report into policing protests must spur action
Northern Ireland: Critical report into policing protests must spur action
07 Feb 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Ex-soldier guilty of manslaughter in Aidan McAnespie Troubles case receives three-year suspended sentenceNorthern Ireland: Ex-soldier guilty of manslaughter in Aidan McAnespie Troubles case receives three-year suspended sentence
02 Feb 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: New date for delayed sentencing in Aidan McAnespie Troubles case
Rescheduled sentencing of former soldier David Holden found guilty of manslaughter expected Thursday 2 February, 1pm
31 Jan 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Reaction to delayed sentencing of ex-soldier guilty of Aiden McAnespie manslaughter
'The significance of this case is clear, both for the McAnespies and particularly at a time when the UK government continues to push through the overwhelmingly opposed Troubles Bill which cruelly betrays the many victims still seeking justice' - Grainne…
27 Jan 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Sentencing due in Aidan McAnespie Troubles case
Sentencing expected Friday 27 January (11am) - McAnespie family and Amnesty to hold press conference outside Laganside Court
25 Jan 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: UN human rights commissioner urges Troubles Bill rethink
'The Government must recognise and understand the scale of international concern about this bill, which betrays victims of the Troubles and also diminishes any claims by the Government that they stand for human rights' - Grainne Teggart
19 Jan 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: 2023 must be year when we stop criminalising children30 Dec 2022 Press release
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Northern Ireland: United Nations calls for Troubles bill to be scrappedAmnesty welcomes calls from the United Nations to the UK Government to withdraw its widely opposed Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
15 Dec 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Calls from COE commissioner for Troubles bill to be scrapped
Once again, the UK government finds itself isolated on the international stage
09 Dec 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: McAnespie verdict must be death knell for 'wholly discredited' Troubles Bill25 Nov 2022 Press release
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Northern Ireland: Troubles trial verdict due over death of Aidan McAnespie
25 Nov; 11am McAnespie family and Amnesty to hold press conference outside Laganside Courthouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland
23 Nov 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Irish government urged to bring UK government to European Court if Troubles bill becomes law
Amnesty and Troubles victims give evidence to joint Irish Parliamentary committee
10 Nov 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland / Qatar: Irish FA must raise human rights at Qatar World CupThe Irish Football Association (IFA) must raise human rights concerns with FIFA and the Qatari authorities when officials travel to the country for the opening ceremony of the World Cup later this month.
07 Nov 2022 Press release
