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FIFA must ensure human rights are key factor in 2030 World Cup hosting decision

New global opinion poll shows majority of public (53%) believe human rights should be a key consideration in hosting decisions, with even more - 60% - of those in UK taking this view Sport & Rights...

UK: Refugee footballers meet Keir Starmer after exhibition match with Women's Parliamentary team

Afghan refugee team and Comfort Angels met football fan Keir Starmer at Parliament after victorious match against women’s parliamentary team Afghan team fled the Taliban in 2021 and now support...

UK: Shutting down of peaceful protest represents 'everything that is wrong with protest policing'

Banner drop planned to mark World Refugee Day and call on UK government to scrap its immigration bill stopped by police Protest had been organised by human rights organisations including Amnesty UK...

Pakistan: Afghan refugees harassed, jailed and forced to pay bribes - new testimonies

Afghan refugees raise serious concerns at pattern of harassment by Pakistani authorities ‘ Our lives in Pakistan are no lives at all’ - Hussain, former employee of the Ministry of the Interior in...

Northern Ireland: Peers urged to reject government's 'deeply damaging' Troubles Bill

Troubles Bill and its recent amendments enter report stage in the House of Lords tomorrow (Wednesday 21 June) ‘No number of amendments will save this bill. Peers must continue to reject the government...

Saudi Arabia: seven juvenile offenders face imminent execution

Six of the group are from the country’s persecuted Shi’a minority, while one was aged only 12 at the time of his alleged offence Country executed 196 people last year and has executed a further 54...

Greece: 'Questions demand answers' from catastrophic shipwreck in the Mediterranean

At least 80 people tragically died with hundreds still missing at sea Urgent need for safe and legal routes in Europe ‘ We are deeply concerned about the lack of clarity in the Greek authorities'...

Ukraine: Russian forces showing 'callous disregard' for those affected by dam destruction

New testimonies show that Russian forces have failed to carry out evacuations or provide humanitarian support to civilians stranded in flooded towns and villages People upstream of destroyed Kakhovka...

Qatar: hundreds of workers employed as security guards and marshals at World Cup suffered labour abuses

Investigation into Qatar-based Teyseer Security Services shows pattern of abuses against migrant workers Workers’ unlawful recruitment fees never repaid, promised overtime pay and bonuses withheld...

EU: Ban on 'abusive' surveillance welcomed but concern at omission of refugees and migrants in AI Act

Responding to a decision earlier today by the European Parliament to ban invasive mass surveillance technologies in its Artificial Intelligence Act, Mher Hakobyan, Amnesty International’s Advocacy...