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France: Mass surveillance at 2024 Olympics is an 'all-out assault' on human rights

In response to the Fr ench National Assembly’s decision to permit the use of mass video surveillance technolog y powered by A rtificial I ntelligence during the 2024 Olympics, Mher H a kobyan, Amnesty...

UK: activists to stage 'Israel apartheid' protest as Netanyahu visits for talks

Small group of protesters with ‘End Israeli apartheid’ banner will be outside Downing St on Thursday afternoon as Israeli PM visits for talks with Rishi Sunak One activist in a Netanyahu face mask...

Israel/UK: Rishi Sunak should raise apartheid crimes during Netanyahu visit - letter

Amnesty UK head has written to PM pointing out ‘glaring inconsistencies’ in UK’s stance on international justice Growing human rights crisis under Netanyahu has met with only a muted UK response and...

Uganda: 'Appalling' anti-LGBTI law must be repealed immediately

Dubbed the ‘2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill’, the law even criminalises those who ‘promote’ homosexuality or ‘attempt to commit the offence of homosexuality’ ‘This deeply repressive legislation will...

Russia: authorities step up 'witch-hunt' against Memorial with house raids

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation has been accused of ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ after compiling a list of victims of the Soviet era Memorial was closed down by the authorities in 2021 ‘They...

Amnesty calls for 'complete overhaul' of Met's ethics standards after damning review

Responding to the publication of Baroness Casey’s review into the conduct of the Metropolitan Police, Chiara Capraro, Amnesty International UK’s Women's Human Rights Manager, said: “The report’s...

Climate Change: IPCC report must herald ‘transformational change’

Today’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that 1.5C-degree limit to rise in global temperature set to be missed by wide margin Estimated 3.6 billion people are already climate...

Iraq: twenty years on, still no justice for war crimes by US-led coalition

Two decades on from George W Bush’s invasion, no senior US official has been held accountable for rampant human rights violations Renewed call for US commission of inquiry into detention practices...

Amnesty International UK Media Awards finalists and host announced

Finalists span 10 award categories celebrating exceptional human rights journalism over the past year BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri will host the ceremony in London on April 26 Amnesty International UK...

France: Bill to set up AI-driven mass surveillance at 2024 Olympics is 'dystopian'

Proposals could see first pervasive AI-powered mass video surveillance in an EU country Legacy of London Olympics was permanent extension of surveillance ‘Every action in a public space will get...