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UN Report: Bleak conclusions on UK poverty action echo Amnesty warning of 'devastating domino effect'04 Mar 2025 Press release
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UK: Government 'must stop equivocating' on Israel's genocide against Palestinian people
‘We are long past the point of Israel merely risking violations of international law’ – Karla McLaren
04 Mar 2025 Press release -
Russia/Ukraine: Ukrainian prisoners of war 'entirely at the mercy' of Russian captors - new testimoniesThousands of Ukrainians are currently held in captivity in Russia and occupied Ukraine, facing torture, enforced disappearance, and incommunicado detention
04 Mar 2025 Press release -
US: Commuting death sentence is step toward justice for Rocky MyersUS: Commuting death sentence is step toward justice for Rocky Myers
01 Mar 2025 Press release -
UK/Egypt: PM call to President Sisi on Alaa Abdel Fattah 'welcome' but pressure must continue at this critical timeUK/Egypt: PM call to President Sisi on Alaa Abdel Fattah 'welcome' but pressure must continue at this critical time
28 Feb 2025 Press release -
El Salvador: Criminal law reforms exacerbate human rights violations against children and adolescents28 Feb 2025 Press release
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Israel/OPT: Masafer Yatta community in occupied West Bank under imminent threat of 'relentless land grab' by settlers - new briefingViolent settler attacks rose from an average of two a day in 2022 to four a day in 2024
27 Feb 2025 Press release -
Northern Ireland: latest police figures show race hate crimes hit ‘all-time high’ during summer 2024
Amnesty International has expressed concern at the level of racist hate crime in Northern Ireland, as new figures published today show attacks hit an all-time high during summer 2024.
27 Feb 2025 Press release -
Thailand: Deportation of Uyghurs to China 'unimaginably cruel'The men deported today are among 300 Uyghurs who were apprehended by the Thai authorities in 2014
27 Feb 2025 Press release -
UK: 'Little or no regard' shown to people fleeing conflict and persecution - immigration statsThousands of people including Afghans, Iranians and Eritreans refused protection
27 Feb 2025 Press release -
Scotland: Amnesty warns Scottish government to review human rights checks on arms salesWe call on MSPs to use today’s Scottish Parliament debate to demand that the Scottish Government take urgent steps to meet its international obligations when granting state funds to arms companies
26 Feb 2025 Press release -
Scotland: Amnesty welcomes review of Scottish Enterprise human rights checks
We welcome the Scottish Government’s agreement to review Scottish Enterprise's human rights checks following today's parliamentary debate. Thank you to all those who contacted their MSPs in support.
26 Feb 2025 Press release -
On the Seductions of Technology and the Racialised Harms of the Criminal Legal System of England and WalesAcross England and Wales, the increasing use of collective forms of punishment such as joint enterprise and conspiracy is a criminal legal system practice that disproportionately affects and harms Black and racially minoritised people. In Manchester,…
26 Feb 2025 Rights in Focus -
UK/Egypt: Mother's hunger strike for imprisoned activist son Alaa Abd El-Fattah 'could be a matter of life and death'Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, has been hospitalised just hours before the 150th day of her hunger strike in protest of her son's imprisonment in Egypt.
25 Feb 2025 Press release -
UK/USA: Starmer must make it 'abundantly clear' to Trump that respecting international law is the only way to secure peace and justice
Negotiations about Ukraine must prioritise justice for all crimes under international law committed since Russia’s military intervention
25 Feb 2025 Press release -
Predictive Policing from the Colonies to the ContemporaryDr Adam Elliott-Cooper explains how modern policing has always been predictive.
24 Feb 2025 Rights in Focus -
Germany: Human rights must be a priority for new government after 'poisonous' electoral campaign
Amnesty is calling on all parties tasked with forming a government to recognise the non-negotiability of human rights and international law.
24 Feb 2025 Press release -
A New Tactic of State ViolenceLeah Cowan explains why policing exacerbates a crisis of harm
24 Feb 2025 Rights in Focus -
UK: David Lammy must ramp up pressure on Egypt to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah at UN Human Rights CouncilBritish national Abd El-Fattah has still not been released after serving an unjust 5-year prison sentence.
24 Feb 2025 Press release -
Ukraine/Russia: 'Justice, accountability and reparation' for victims must be a global priorityThree years since Russia’s full-scale invasion
24 Feb 2025 Press release
