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Russia: authorities close down Amnesty's Moscow office - reaction08 Apr 2022 Press release -
Poland: Charges against activist accused of aiding an abortion must be droppedFirst case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills
07 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: LGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary peopleLGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary people
06 Apr 2022 Press release -
Turkey: Move to transfer Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia is 'dark day' for justiceJustice cannot be delivered by a Saudi court
01 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: Conversion therapy ban without trans and non-binary people is 'not a real ban'So-called ‘conversion therapy’ can constitute torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and should be stamped out now with no excuses.
01 Apr 2022 Press release -
Turkey: Jamal Khashoggi murder trial must not be moved to Saudi ArabiaTurkey: Jamal Khashoggi murder trial must not be moved to Saudi Arabia
31 Mar 2022 Press release -
Russia: authorities conducting 'witch-hunt' against anti-war critics30 Mar 2022 Press release
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Northern Ireland: Further 'unacceptable' delays to abortion servicesNorthern Ireland: Abortion services delay 'unnacceptable'
24 Mar 2022 Press release -
Russia: Navalny's new jail sentence is 'predictable but nonetheless shocking'22 Mar 2022 Press release -
Russia: authorities block Amnesty's Russian-language website11 Mar 2022 Press release -
Russia: authorities using 'scorched-earth' tactics against independent media10 Mar 2022 Press release -
Saudi Arabia: blogger Raif Badawi still held in jail after serving his ten-year sentenceAmnesty's response to news that the Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi remains in detention despite having completed an unjust ten-year prison sentence earlier this week.
04 Mar 2022 Press release -
Beijing 2022: Olympic skater gives away gold medal to protest China's human rights abusesSwedish Olympic champion Nils van der Poel gives his gold medal to Hong Kong dissident’s daughter
25 Feb 2022 Press release -
Colombia: Security forces brutally attacked peaceful protesters in Cali - New Evidence
Colombia: Security forces brutally attacked peaceful protesters in Cali - New Evidence
24 Feb 2022 Press release -
Pakistan: Guilty verdict in Noor Mukadam case 'significant' but death penalty condemnedZafar Jaffer found guilty of torturing Noor Mukadam with a knuckleduster and using a ‘sharp-edged weapon’ to behead her
24 Feb 2022 Press release -
Colombia: decriminalisation of abortion a 'historic victory' for human rightsRuling follows legalisation of abortion in Argentina and decriminalisation in Mexico
21 Feb 2022 Press release -
Bahrain: devices of three activists hacked by notorious Pegasus spyware - new investigation18 Feb 2022 Press release
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Kuwait: repeal of notorious 'imitation of opposite sex' law hailed as victory for trans rightsAmnesty reponse to the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court’s decision today to overturn a notorious law - Article 198 of the Penal Code - which criminalised “imitation of the opposite sex”, with the court saying the law had violated a constitutional right to…
16 Feb 2022 Press release -
New York City, USA: facial recognition cameras reinforcing racist policing - new research15 Feb 2022 Press release
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Russia: Navalny facing possible 15-year jail term in 'sham' trial set to take place in prison14 Feb 2022 Press release