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Spain: authorities 'must reduce tensions' in Catalonia protests

Amnesty observers see police using excessive force and inappropriately deploying anti-riot equipment and munitions Hundreds injured, with police using rubber or ‘foam’ bullet-like projectiles ‘It is...

USA: for-profit company contributing to violation of children's rights at Florida detention centre - new report

New report reveals how Comprehensive Health Service has contributed to violations of rights of unaccompanied children held in indefinite detention at Homestead facility ‘Children should never be...

India: Arbitrary detentions and beatings in Jammu and Kashmir - new testimony

Amnesty International has documented a clear pattern of the Indian authorities arbitrarily detaining activists, politicians and even children if they are thought to hold dissenting opinions, as the...

Philippines: Government must probe police abuses after Duterte's 'kill everybody' outburst

Amnesty International has renewed its call for an end to the Philippines’ notorious ‘war on drugs’ after President Rodrigo Duterte told a controversial newly-promoted police officer to “kill everybody...

Hong Kong: Court ruling 'a bitter blow' for equal marriage hopes

Responding to the Hong Kong High Court ruling against “MK”, a woman who had filed a lawsuit claiming that the territory’s law breached her rights to privacy and equality by failing to recognise same...

Turkish forces commit war crimes in Syria offensive - fresh evidence

Indiscriminate Turkish airstrikes and mortar attacks on residential areas, a bakery and school kill numerous civilians, including children Chilling details of grisly murder of Kurdish politician...

Morocco: journalist pardoned after abortion jailing should have sentence quashed

Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé and three medical staff should have sentences quashed and removed from their records ‘The Moroccan authorities must urgently decriminalise abortion and repeal all other...

Amnesty UK to host first-ever Wales national conference / Mae Amnest DU yn croesawu Cynhadledd Gyntaf Amnest Cymru

ENGLISH Conference in Aberystwyth to celebrate human rights activism in Wales “We can all make a difference, and we can all be human rights defenders” – Elin Jones AM “Protecting human rights...

Qatar: pledge to end abusive 'kafala' system must lead to real change

Under notorious sponsorship scheme, migrant workers cannot change jobs without employer’s permission and face criminalisation for ‘absconding’ Announcement comes after numerous earlier promises over...

Hong Kong: Protest leader hospitalised after brutal hammer attack

Amnesty International is urging Hong Kong authorities to launch a prompt and thorough investigation into a brutal attack on human rights defender Jimmy Sham, who was today beaten by a group of men...