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Hungary: Syrian convicted of 'terrorism' for throwing stones to be given retrial

Ahmed H was given a ten-year jail sentence in November ‘Throwing a few stones cannot seriously be equated to an act of terrorism’ - Todor Gardos Following a decision by a Hungarian appeal court today...

Amnesty activists to gather outside Turkish Embassy today to demand release of colleague

Amnesty International staff and activists will gather outside the Turkish Embassy in London this afternoon to demand the immediate and unconditional release of the chair of their Turkey office. Taner...

USA: Trump's illegal Mexico border crackdown is endangering lives - new report

Doubling in migrant deaths in parts of Arizona desert since Trump’s election Families with children locked up for nearly two years, as detention of asylum-seekers set to double An already dangerous...

Gaza: slashed power supply to Gaza risks a humanitarian catastrophe

Latest round of power cuts to Gaza is putting thousands of lives in danger, Amnesty warns A public health disaster looms and vital infrastructure is under severe threat “It is immoral that they make...

Russia: Police humiliate and mistreat hundreds of detained peaceful protesters

Hundreds of peaceful anti-corruption protesters in Russia’s two largest cities have been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment in police detention over the past 48 hours as authorities continue...

Australia: Compensation deal must lead to safe resettlement for refugees

A landmark settlement that obliges the Australian government to pay more than £42 million in compensation to nearly 2,000 refugees and asylum-seekers for illegally detaining them on Papua New Guinea’s...

Burma: Civilians tortured and executed by army in northern conflict - new report

Civilians from minority ethnic groups are suffering appalling violations and abuses, including war crimes, at the hands of Burma’s military and ethnic armed groups in the country’s Kachin and northern...

“A further blow to women from Northern Ireland”: Amnesty response to Supreme Court ruling against access to abortion via NHS

Amnesty International has called a decision of the UK Supreme Court today that women from Northern Ireland are not entitled to free abortion care within the NHS in England as “a further blow to women...

Northern Ireland: Mother and Baby Home victims call for public inquiry

Women who were forced to give birth in Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland, and children who were born in the homes, are calling today for a public inquiry into abuses they say they suffered...

Tunisia: man jailed for smoking during Ramadan

Four others in town of Bizerte jailed for eating in public during Ramadan ‘Failing to conform to religious and social customs is not a criminal offence’ - Heba Morayef The Tunisian authorities’...