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Myanmar: ‘Vile and brutal’ tactics used by military to crush opposition - new reportDetainees allege they were psychologically tortured with death and rape threats
01 Aug 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: Russian soldiers in castration video must face justice29 Jul 2022 Press release
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Open letter on Justice for UkraineOn World Day for International Justice Day we demand impartial justice for human rights violations everywhere. Securing impartial justice is vital for humanity to win, and this is our message to the Foreign Secretary.
14 Jul 2022 Blog post -
Egypt: ten sentenced to death after 'flagrantly' unfair mass trial28 Jun 2022 Press release
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Egypt: fresh appeal for UK to intervene as Alaa Abdel Fattah reaches 1,000 days in jailAmnesty International has renewed its call on the UK government to press for the release of the arbitrarily-jailed UK national Alaa Abdel Fattah, who will have been behind bars in Egypt for 1,000 days tomorrow (25 June).
24 Jun 2022 Press release -
China: prominent legal scholar and human rights lawyer face 'rigged' trialsTwo Chinese human rights activists are facing face grossly unfair trials behind closed doors after being targeted and tortured due to their peaceful work.
22 Jun 2022 Press release -
Global use of death penalty up by 20% - major new report23 May 2022 Press release
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The Tadamon Massacre - Six Minutes that Shocked a NationThe Tadamon Massacre - Six Minutes that Shocked a Nation By Mansour Omari
14 May 2022 Blog post -
UK: Government plotted propaganda campaign against Amnesty International over torture findings, Declassified files revealFiles 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 -
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 -
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 -
UK: call on Government to help British man held by Yemeni Houthis for nearly five yearsAmnesty International is calling on the UK government to do more to secure the release of a British man who has been detained without charge in Yemen for almost five years.
02 Feb 2022 Press release -
Germany/Syria: life sentence for former intelligence officer is 'historic victory'Response to a decision by the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany this morning, which has seen the conviction of former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan and his sentencing to life in prison for crimes against humanity - including torture,…
13 Jan 2022 Press release -
Guantánamo: renewed call for closure of infamous prison ahead of 20th anniversary'This is an anniversary that should never have been reached' - Daphne Eviatar
07 Jan 2022 Press release
