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Scotland: Dungavel closure welcomed but asylum-seekers' rights must be respected in new facility

‘Indefinite detention is expensive, ineffective, and extremely harmful to many of the people held’ - Naomi McAuliffe

Spit hoods: 'Relieved' at Met Police decision to 'put brakes on' rollout

In response to the Met Police’s decision to suspend its decision to pilot spit hoods Amnesty International UK’s arms programme director Oliver Sprague said:

Spit hoods 'little more than glorified sack' which can be 'cruel and dangerous'

Responding to a Metropolitan police announcement that its officers will be permitted to use spit hoods on suspects within weeks, Amnesty International’s UK Arms Programme Director Oliver Spra

'Farcical' that Russian blogger faces five years in jail for playing Pokémon Go in a church

Ruslan Sokolovsky has been arrested under ‘blasphemy law’ introduced after the Pussy Riot case

Northern Ireland: Amnesty supports Lord Chief Justice’s call on legacy inquests

Amnesty International has welcomed a speech by Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice calling for urgent action by the UK and Northern Ireland governments to ensure major investment to address

G20 "burden sharing" call on refugee crisis hypocritical

The G20 Hangzhou Summit Declaration calling for greater “burden-sharing” to address the refugee crisis reveals how little most G20 countries have done to share responsibility so far, sa

Uzbekistan: President Karimov's death unlikely to improve human rights

With widespread reports of the death of President Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s repressive regime is unlikely to change, said Amnesty International this afternoon.

Gabon: Security forces must stop using excessive force amid post-election violence

Following reports of violence and that several anti-government demonstrators had been shot and injured in the capital of Gabon, Libreville, Amnesty International’s West and Central African Di

Yvette Cooper to call for action on refugee crisis in Belfast speech

Former government minister Yvette Cooper MP will call for a more ambitious international response to the refugee crisis when she delivers a major speech in Belfast next month.

Anniversary of Alan Kurdi drowning highlights continuing global shame

One year after the shocking image of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi’s drowned body caused an international outcry, world leaders are shamefully failing to respond effectively to the global refugee cri