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LGBT 'super choir' to perform outside Parliament ahead of crunch Brexit vote

Amnesty, Liberty and Stonewall urge MPs to protect key rights for everyone in the UK Commons vote on EU Withdrawal Bill could be last chance to prevent existing human rights protections being watered...

Abortion: Theresa May must deliver on her words

Responding to comments made by Prime Minister Theresa May on abortion legislation in the UK late last night, Grainne Teggart, Northern Ireland Campaigns Manager for Amnesty International UK, said: "It...

Acquittal of former DRC Vice-President a 'huge blow' to victims

Today (8 June), the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, for his involvement in the conflict in Central...

Syria: 'outrageous' attack on civilians in Idlib province condemned

At least 44 people - including children - killed in suspected Russian airstrike on town of Zardana Victims were breaking the Ramadan fast and hit in what was reportedly a notorious ‘double-tap’ strike...

Supreme Court judges find Northern Ireland abortion law in breach of human rights

The UK Supreme Court’s ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion law is a violation of women’s human rights must force the UK Government to urgently legislate for change, Amnesty International said...

Turkey: Year in detention for Amnesty Chair a 'gross injustice'

Taner Kılıç was arrested on 6 June 2017 on a charge of ‘belonging to a terrorist organisation’ Detention demonstrates the Turkish authorities ‘cold-blooded pursuit of anyone deemed to oppose them’ –...

Bahrain: 'outrageous' five-year jail sentence against Nabeel Rajab upheld

‘The authorities must immediately release Nabeel Rajab and drop all charges against him’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to news that a five-year prison sentence against prominent Bahraini human rights...

Supreme Court judgement could force UK to reform Northern Ireland abortion ban

The UK’s Supreme Court will deliver a historic ruling this Thursday on whether Northern Ireland’s abortion ban violates the UK’s human rights commitments When : 09.15 hrs BST, Thursday 7 June 2018...

Syria: US-led Coalition's aerial attacks in Raqqa killed hundreds of civilians - new report

First-hand investigations in the destroyed city reveal extent of civilian casualties, as Coalition’s ‘war of annihilation’ decimated extended families and neighbourhoods ‘On the ground in Raqqa we...

UK: Emergency debate on abortion reform shows 'time is running out' for Theresa May

In response to news that an emergency three-hour debate on decriminalisation of abortion law will be held in UK Parliament tomorrow (5 June), Grainne Teggart, Amnesty UK’s Northern Ireland Campaign’s...