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Cameroon: 'Shocking' new video shows more brutal executions by armed forces

A horrifying video obtained by Amnesty International shows Cameroonian security forces shooting at least a dozen unarmed people during a military operation in the Far North region of the country, the...

Bangladesh: Release of Briton Hasnat Karim 'long overdue'

Responding to the news that Hasnat Karim, a British man held for two years in connection with a terror attack in Bangladesh, has been released without charge, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK...

Argentina: Senate rejection of abortion bill an 'unforgivable step backwards'

“The Argentine lawmakers chose today to turn their backs on hundreds of thousands of people who can get pregnant” - Mariela Belski In the early hours of this morning, the Argentine Senate voted to...

Egypt: trial of woman who posted video about sexual harassment is 'shocking'

Amal Fathy faces court hearing on Saturday for her Facebook post She ‘should be applauded for her courage, not put on trial’ - Najia Bounaim Today’s referral to trial of Amal Fathy, an Egyptian human...

Spiralling death toll in Central Med a 'deadly consequence' of European policies - new report

EU countries responsible for rising death tolls, people stranded at sea for days, and conspiring to keep refugees in Libya, where they are exposed to torture and other abuse “European governments are...

Bahrain: London embassy hunger strike highlights plight of four frail prisoners

Hassan Mshaima - whose son Ali recently began a hunger strike outside Knightsbridge embassy last week - is being denied diabetes pills and other medication as punishment for his jail protests ‘These...

Bangladesh: Photographer facing 14 years declared prisoner of conscience

‘We are deeply worried about his treatment in custody and the condition in which he attended court’ - Omar Waraich Shahidul Alam, a Bangladeshi photographer and outspoken social activist, could face...

Syria: US-led Coalition accepts responsibility for Raqqa deaths documented by Amnesty

‘The US-led Coalition’s admission of responsibility is … a welcome U-turn’ - Donatella Rovera Call on Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson to ‘set the record straight’ after he sought to discredit...

Bangladesh: Release photographer and end violent student crackdown

The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes policemen yesterday after giving an...

Leading human rights organisations make fresh call on Theresa May to set up torture inquiry

Downing Street ‘elevenses torture’ stunt photos available A group of leading human rights organisations have issued a fresh call for an inquiry into the UK’s involvement in rendition and torture...