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UK: Rishi Sunak needs to ‘break decisively’ with predecessors’ anti-human rights policiesResponse to the appointment of the new Prime Minister: 'Rishi Sunak needs to break decisively with the anti-human rights policies of his predecessors' - Sacha Deshmukh
24 Oct 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Secretary of State’s abortion announcement a late but welcome step towards ending the denial of healthcare‘Today is a critical step towards ending the denial of abortion healthcare’ – Grainne Teggart
24 Oct 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: fewer than half of women realise abortion is lawful - new pollNew survey comes three years since abortion was decriminalised in the region
21 Oct 2022 Press release -
UK: Belfast star Ciarán Hinds calls on Liz Truss to scrap ‘Troubles’ BillWith return of Parliament Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed film Belfast pens open letter to PM calling for controversial Troubles Bill to be dropped
11 Oct 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty International urges answers in Martin O’Hagan investigation, 21 years after murder of journalist
Call for publication of Police Ombudsman investigation, 21 years after brutal murder
27 Sep 2022 Press release -
UK: Government attacks on human rights lawyers are putting them in ‘serious’ dangerProminent international human rights lawyer, Caoilfhionn Gallagher has received death threats including one saying she will be murdered like Pat Finucane
22 Jul 2022 Press release -
UK: Changes to key human rights laws need to be shelved till new Prime Minister is in place
This Government does not have the legitimacy to push ahead with highly controversial Bill of Rights and Northern Ireland Troubles bills
08 Jul 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Troubles bill will give murderers and torturers 'a free pass'
Ahead of the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, entering its short committee stage on Wednesday 29 June and Monday 4 July, Amnesty has warned it will provide “a free pass to murderers and those responsible for…
28 Jun 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: new abortion statistics 'represent journeys no-one should be forced to make'
New statistics for England and Wales show extent of forced journeys to access abortion services.
21 Jun 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Call to end ‘dangerous’ spit hood use amid fears Chief Constable plans to make them permanent
Human rights and children’s organisations in Northern Ireland are calling on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to stop the use of controversial spit hoods, also known as spit and bite guards, ahead of an expected move to make their use permanent.
16 Jun 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty condemns threat against journalist at Sunday World newspaper
Amnesty International has today condemned a threat of violence made against a Belfast-based journalist at the Northern Ireland edition of the Sunday World newspaper.
10 Jun 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Westminster steps in to deliver abortion servicesAmnesty International UK and Informing Choices NI have today welcomed news that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has today (19 May) taken further legislative steps to ensure abortion services are commissioned for women and girls in Northern…
19 May 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland Legacy Bill: Victims' rights sacrificed to shield perpetratorsThe Legacy and Reconciliation Bill is a disturbing interference in the justice system
17 May 2022 Press release -
UK: Government plotted propaganda campaign against Amnesty International over torture findings, Declassified files reveal
Files from 1970s show that the Foreign Office plotted a secret propaganda campaign to discredit Amnesty report’s author Thomas Hammerberg
11 May 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Arson attack on Belfast Multi-Cultural Association was second in three weeks‘Repeated attacks, including the apparent use of a petrol bomb, are hallmarks of a deeply sinister campaign of racist violence’ – Patrick Corrigan
12 Apr 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Revulsion at repeat racist arson attack on Belfast multi-cultural centreA trustee from the Belfast Multi-Cultural Association has said he is “devastated” after another arson attack on their building on Donegall Pass in the city last night.
08 Apr 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Further 'unacceptable' delays to abortion services
Northern Ireland: Abortion services delay 'unnacceptable'
24 Mar 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: PSNI stop and search figures show racial biasAmnesty International has raised concerns about the disproportionate use of stop and search by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on people from ethnic minority communities and on children.
18 Feb 2022 Press release
