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Northern Ireland: Mistakes of Republic’s Mother and Baby Home inquiry must not be repeated – new report

Warning comes in new report which examines similar inquiries from other countries The Northern Ireland Executive must not repeat the mistakes of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby...

Belarus: former presidential contender jailed for 14 years

Viktar Babaryka sent to penal colony after being found guilty on ‘politically-motivated’ bribery and money-laundering charges Prominent banker had been presidential hopeful at the 2020 election...

UK: Home Office Borders Bill is 'legislative vandalism'

In response to the Home Office’s Borders Bill introduced to parliament today (6 July), Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrants Rights Programme Director at Amnesty International UK, said: “This...

UK: MPs should vote down 'dystopian' policing bill

Fears new legislation will further entrench discriminatory policing practices “The Policing Bill is a calculated attack on our bedrock basic rights” - Sacha Deshmukh Amnesty International is urging...

Eswatini: authorities have launched 'full-frontal assault' on human rights

Dozens killed, more than 150 hospitalised, and hundreds detained Last absolute monarchy on the African continent has repressive track record ‘We are urging the authorities in Eswatini to end this...

Belarus: law student jailed for graduation speech

Law graduate Katsyaryna Vinnikava given 15 days’ detention after paying tribute to lawyers and academics targeted in post-election clampdown ‘I wish each of us to love, defend and stand up for the...

Thailand: Rubber bullets and chemicals fired at protesters by police - new report

Thai authorities used reckless and violent tactics to quell the country’s burgeoning youth protest movement, including beating demonstrators, firing chemicals from water cannons and shooting rubber...

Austria: women migrant care workers 'exploited' during pandemic

Thousands of Romanian and Slovak live-in care workers face discriminatory pay and working conditions during pandemic Women paid less than men, while migrant workers paid less than Austrians ‘We have...

Turkey: withdrawal from Istanbul Convention 'sets clock back ten years' on women's rights

First Council of Europe country to ever pull out of an international human rights treaty Landmark convention inaugurated in Istanbul ten years ago Move ‘sends a reckless and dangerous message to...