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Iran: authorities set to execute child offender contrary to international law18 Oct 2024 Press release
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UK: After 100 days in office Government must speed up pace of restoring human rightsAmnesty issues key human rights calls on asylum, Northern Ireland, arms to Israel, homelessness, and protests
11 Oct 2024 Press release -
UK: response to new homelessness figures08 Aug 2024 Press release -
UK: New human rights ad campaign launched at London underground stationGiant Westminster station posters feature yellow-and-black hazard tape with ‘a lot needs fixing’ message
11 Jul 2024 Press release -
UK: Call for Starmer government to put in place ‘human rights renaissance’
Call for ‘rights renaissance’, with to-do list including an immediate suspension of arms to Israel, scrapping of Rwanda Act, Troubles Act and anti-protest measures, and tackling homelessness crisis
05 Jul 2024 Press release -
Russia: children and their families targeted for anti-war dissent - new briefing30 May 2024 Press release
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UK: Amnesty slams TV ad ban: 'Human rights are not political'Advertising clearance agency Clearcast says Amnesty International’s work on protecting human rights is ‘political’
07 Mar 2024 Press release -
Saudi Arabia: Two young men at imminent risk of execution after Supreme Court decision issued in secretAbdullah al-Derazi and Jalal Labbad sentenced to death for protesting against the regime
25 Oct 2023 Press release -
Russia/Ukraine: new history textbook for schools is attempt to 'indoctrinate' children01 Sep 2023 Press release
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Northern Ireland: Police must end 'appalling' practice of strip searching children immediatelyIt’s shocking that children as young as 14 are being strip searched by the PSNI
27 Jun 2023 Press release -
Knowledge is power - Shining a light on child rights in school libraries21 Mar 2023 Blog post
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Northern Ireland: 2023 must be year when we stop criminalising children30 Dec 2022 Press release
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Ukraine: Russia's 'criminal' attacks on energy infrastructure endangering civilian life21 Dec 2022 Press release
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Ukraine: older people unable to access housing as winter grips - new report05 Dec 2022 Press release -
UK: More than 11,000 people join call for housing to be made a human right11,000 joined Amnesty International UK to call on the UK Government to make access to safe and affordable housing a human right for all in England - with this right enshrined in law - in a petition that Amnesty has handed to Michael Gove at the…
23 Nov 2022 Press release -
Covid-19: Pandemic restrictions magnified discrimination against marginalised groups - new reportReport reveals ‘a grossly disproportionate effect on those who already faced systematic discrimination’
31 May 2022 Press release -
UK: Home Office introduce citizenship fee waiver after 'years of raking in millions of pounds'Current administrative costs are £416 per application meaning £596 profit is made by Home Office from each child
26 May 2022 Press release
