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Iran: execution of three Kurdish men after grossly unfair trials is 'horrifying'

Two of the men - cousins Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi - gave supposed ‘confessions’ to Press TV after alleged beatings and rape threats In response to news that three Iranian Kurdish men - Zaniar...

Egypt: 75 death sentences and heavy jail terms handed down in 'disgraceful' mass trial

Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among those given prison sentences ‘The Egyptian authorities should be ashamed’ - Najia Bounaim Amnesty International has condemned as “disgraceful” a series of sentences...

Iran: Kurdish cousins face imminent execution despite torture allegations

Zaniar Moradi (l) and Loghman Moradi (r) gave supposed ‘confessions’ to Press TV after alleged beatings and rape threats Their trial lasted only 20 minutes ‘This is textbook Iranian “justice”’ -...

Amnesty International Media Awards 2019 open for entries

Amnesty International UK is inviting entries for its 27th annual Media Awards, a prestigious set of awards that recognise the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in...

India: Supreme Court's decriminalising of gay sex represents 'new era of equality'

Ruling is culmination of decades of struggle against notorious Section 377, relic of British colonial rule ‘As Dr Martin Luther King Jr said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends...

South Sudan: sentencing of soldiers for Juba hotel attack welcomed

Journalist murdered and aid workers gang-raped in the Terrain Hotel attack in 2016 ‘Today’s convictions and sentences represent a first step towards ending chronic impunity in South Sudan’ - Seif...

Israel: Supreme Court's ruling on Khan al-Ahmar village demolition is 'shameful'

Embattled village is just one of 46 under-threat Palestinian communities in central West Bank ‘The court has … validated the discriminatory policies of the Israeli authorities’ - Saleh Higazi...

Qatar's lifting of travel restrictions for many migrant workers welcomed

‘Law No 13’ means majority of country’s 1.9m migrant workers now free to leave country without employer’s permission, though domestic workers not covered Country urged to make wider labour reform a...

Syria: warning over 'dire' situation for civilians in Idlib

Warning comes ahead of crucial summit in Tehran on Friday ‘The lives of millions of people in Idlib are now in the hands of Russia, Turkey and Iran’ - Samah Hadid Ahead of the presidential summit set...

UK: Six-year old British boy denied entry to UK 'deeply disturbing and shameful'

Responding to reports that the Home Office has revoked the passport and denied travel to the UK to six-year old Mohamed Barrak Diallo Bangoura following a holiday in Belgium, Allan Hogarth, Amnesty...