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Israel/OPT: One year on from 7 October: Ceasefire and hostage release is more pressing than ever

Monday 7 October 2024 marks a year since the horrific attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 abducted. It also...

UK: Covert surveillance of Belfast journalists case concludes in London 

Judgment expected before end of year from court investigating claims Northern Ireland journalists were secretly monitored by UK authorities Police Service of Northern Ireland and Metropolitan Police...

Singapore: unlawful execution despite ongoing legal appeal raises fears of more to come

Responding to the news that the Singapore authorities executed a man for a drug-related offence today (4 October), Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, Kate Schuetze, said:...

UK: Response to annual statutory homelessness figures

Responding to the latest Government statistics on homelessness, Jen Clark, Economic and Social Rights Lead at Amnesty International UK, said: “The latest statistics show that 178,560 households...

France/Azerbaijan: killing of President Aliyev’s critic exposes failures to protect exiled activists

Reacting to the fatal stabbing of Azerbaijani human rights defender Vidadi Isgandarli in France, where he had been living in exile, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s Researcher for South...

China and Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai and two lawyers designated prisoners of conscience

Amnesty International has designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China prisoners of conscience today as the organisation called for their immediate and...

Israel/OPT: 'explosives for Israel' ship set to dock in Montenegro and Slovenia

The MV Kathrin, a Portuguese-flagged vessel reportedly carrying explosives bound for Israel, is currently heading for Montenegro and Slovenia Ship is believed to be carrying eight containers of...

Northern Ireland: Police ‘have serious questions to answer’ in press freedom case

Investigatory Powers Tribunal for journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey starts tomorrow (Tuesday) with cross-examination of witnesses London court hearing looking into claims the two Belfast...

Saudi Arabia: authorities have already executed 198 people in 2024

Even this grim death toll may be lower than the reality due to under-reporting in the country The number of those put to death - including some for drugs offences - is the highest since 1990 ‘Where...

Northern Ireland: Failure of Martin O’Hagan murder investigation has created ‘an environment of impunity’

Amnesty International backs calls by NUJ for a fresh investigation into the killing No-one convicted in 23 years since murder of journalist The failure to bring to justice those responsible for the...