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Pakistan: Investigate North Waziristan killings

The Pakistani government should immediately order an independent and effective investigation into the reported killing of at least three activists on Sunday (26 May), Amnesty International said today...

China: Tiananmen Square survivors available for interview

Dr Shao Jiang, Wu'er Kaixi and Zhou Fengsuo available for interview Survivors in London ahead of 30th anniversary of massacre Three survivors of Tiananmen Square are available for interview ahead of...

Manus: Surge in suicide attempts illustrates crisis of Australian policy

Responding to reports that several men sent to Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) by Australia have attempted suicide or self-harm in the past week, Kate Schuetze, Amnesty International’s Refugee...

'Now for Northern Ireland' projections across UK and Ireland put spotlight on strict abortion ban, one year since Ireland's vote to repeal

Amnesty International teams with renowned artist Maser to shine iconic image across London, Belfast, Dublin and Glasgow This weekend marks one-year since Ireland voted to repeal its near-total...

Russia: Jehovah's Witness' appeal against six-year jail sentence rejected

Danish national Dennis Christensen is a prisoner of conscience jailed simply for his faith Sweeping crackdown against Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses is underway ‘Today’s decision sends a bleak message...

Azerbaijan: Baku hosts Europa League Final as government crackdown continues

All-English final as Arsenal take on Chelsea in Baku Human rights defenders at risk for sharing critical opinions “We must ensure that Azerbaijan isn’t allowed to ‘sportswash’ its appalling human...

Turkey: Charges against Osman Kavala 'must be dropped

In response to a decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court to reject an application by civil society leader Osman Kavala to end his continued pre-trial detention on the grounds that it is in violation...

UK: UN Special Rapporteur report into poverty must be a 'wake-up call'

Responding to the report into extreme poverty and human rights in the UK released today by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Allan Hogarth...

USA: volunteer who gave food and water to migrants in desert faces 20 years in jail

Dr Scott Warren to go on trial next week for ‘harbouring’ migrants in Arizona ‘Providing humanitarian aid is never a crime’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas Amnesty International has sent an open letter to the...

Malawi elections: country must end impunity for killings and mutilation of people with albinism

Malawi’s elections will take place in the context of longstanding criminal justice failures and widespread impunity for the killing of people with albinism, Amnesty International said today. Tomorrow...