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Yemen: Looming attack on key port city puts civilian lives at grave risk

Reports that Saudi Arabia-led coalition is gearing up for major military offensive on strategic western port city of Hodeidah raises fears that vital entry point for humanitarian aid will be cut off...

Northern Ireland: Child abuse survivors march on Stormont talks to demand justice

Victims of child abuse marched on the Stormont political talks today to demand justice. The protest comes three months on from the publication of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry report –...

Northern Ireland: Child abuse survivors march on Stormont talks to demand justice

Victims of child abuse marched on the Stormont political talks today to demand justice. The protest comes three months on from the publication of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry report –...

Amnesty welcomes landmark Citizens’ Assembly result and calls for abortion reform across Ireland

Amnesty International has welcomed the landmark vote of the Citizens’ Assembly in the Republic of Ireland that the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution, which gives equal rights to a foetus as...

Football players and celebrity fans back Amnesty’s ‘Football Welcomes’ this weekend

Juliet Stevenson, Patrick Stewart and the Kaiser Chiefs support Amnesty’s Football Welcomes initiative.

Watford midfielder Valon Behrami calls for solidarity with refugees fleeing ‘extreme situations’ ahead of new Football Welcomes initiative this weekend

Premier League player Valon Behrami speaks out about his experience of fleeing Kosovo in 1990 and how football helped him settle in Switzerland.

Nigeria: prison reportedly erects gallows sparking imminent execution fears

Macabre reports from inmates in Kirikiri prison in Lagos that gallows are being prepared, with one prisoner taken into isolation Amnesty International has received disturbing reports from inmates at...

Arkansas, USA: execution of Ledell Lee was 'shameful'

Lethal injection rushed through because stocks of chemicals about to expire at end of month Arkansas accused of ‘treating human beings as though they have a sell-by date’ Reacting to last night’s...

Amnesty warns against use of 'toxic language' during election campaign

Amnesty International has warned all those standing as candidates in the forthcoming general election that their choice of language can have serious consequences, and called for calm and measured...

Arkansas, USA: relief at blocking of executions

‘The literal deadline of a drug’s expiration date is shockingly callous’ - James Clark Responding to news that a judge has blocked the US state of Arkansas from using its remaining lethal injection...