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UK: Make it a compassionate Christmas with Amnesty's new retail range
Christmas catalogue 2024
23 Oct 2024 Press release -
At a crossroads: The future of the UK’s asylum systemAt a crossroads: The future of the UK’s asylum system
23 Oct 2024 Blog post -
Cuba: Amnesty declares four new prisoners of conscience in midst of new wave of state repressionWidespread state repression has been enforced since the July 2021 protests, but a renewed effort to suppress dissent began this September
23 Oct 2024 Press release -
Lebanon: Israeli attacks on financial institutions are possible war crimes22 Oct 2024 Press release
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Northern Ireland: Government's appeal of Troubles Act judgement a 'betrayal'21 Oct 2024 Press release
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Saudi Arabia: migrant workers at Carrefour sites exploited and forced to live in squalor - new report21 Oct 2024 Press release -
Indonesia: New Government must protect human rights and end impunity
Human rights violations include repression of freedom of expression and marginalised Indigenous communities
18 Oct 2024 Press release -
Iran: authorities set to execute child offender contrary to international law18 Oct 2024 Press release
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UK: David Lammy must use China visit to challenge Beijing’s brutal suppression of human rights‘The Government should ensure that talks on trade and security relations with China aren’t pursued at the expense of human rights’- Sacha Deshmukh
17 Oct 2024 Press release -
France: Government must stop using dangerous AI-powered surveillance to tackle benefit fraud
algorithms used by French government and authorities are discriminatory
15 Oct 2024 Press release -
Netherlands: Mass police surveillance of protests part of 'growing control culture' - new report
report on surveillance of peaceful protests by Dutch police
15 Oct 2024 Press release -
Gaza: Israel must rescind unlawful evacuation orders in the north15 Oct 2024 Press release
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Global: Electric car industry rankings expose companies failing to protect human rights - New ReportElectric car industry rankings expose companies failing to protect human rights
14 Oct 2024 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Journalists, lawyers and NGOs urged to make surveillance concerns known to KC-led investigationJournalists, lawyers and activists in Northern Ireland who suspect they have been spied on by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) should make a complaint to the McCullough Review before the October 18 deadline, Amnesty International said today.
11 Oct 2024 Press release -
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: Alaa Abdel Fattah's family to hold in-conversation event ahead of jailed activist's book launch11 Oct 2024 Press release
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Iraq: Proposed legal changes could see girls as young as nine forcibly married
Girls as young as nine could be forcibly married, and protections regarding divorce and inheritance potentially removed
10 Oct 2024 Press release -
Myanmar: Torture fears for prominent activists following arrests in new raidsArrests take place as regional leaders meet in Laos to discuss the Myanmar crisis
10 Oct 2024 Press release -
Lebanon: Israel's evacuation warnings have been 'misleading and inadequate' - new analysis10 Oct 2024 Press release
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Sharp rise in use of death penalty across region
Executions more than tripled in 2023, while death sentences increased by 66% in the region
09 Oct 2024 Press release
