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Palestine Action Judicial Review: 'Letting the proscription stand opens up a bleak future for protest rights in the UK'

Three-day judicial review of Palestine Action proscription decision concludes today Thousands have been arrested for peacefully protesting since the ban came into effect Amnesty International UK and...

Azerbaijan: Arrest of opposition leader is latest outrage in campaign to crush dissent

Responding to today’s decision by an Azerbaijani court to remand in custody prominent opposition leader Ali Karimli, following a raid on his home and his arrest by the State Security Service, Denis...

Hong Kong: Fire petition organiser must not be silenced for exercising rights

Responding to the arrest of a Hong Kong student who launched a petition demanding government accountability following a deadly fire in the city’s Tai Po district, Luk Chi-man, the Executive Director...

Japan: Last High Court ruling a damaging 'step backwards' on same-sex marriage

In response to today’s Tokyo High Court decision that endorsed the Japanese government ban on same-sex marriage, Boram Jang, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher, said: “The court’s decision...

Northern Ireland: Racist crimes at record levels in 2025, ‘a shameful year’

New PSNI report shows 2,048 racist incidents and 1,280 race hate crimes - among the highest levels recorded since records began in 2004 Four of the five highest monthly levels of race hate incidents...

Israel’s genocide against Palestinians 'not over' despite ceasefire - new Amnesty briefing

Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed ‘The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing...

Ukraine: Amnesty warns peace deal must not compromise on justice or accountability

Reacting to reports that a draft US-backed peace plan to end Russia’s ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine is under intense discussion , Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General...

UK: Palestine Action judicial review a chance for 'disproportionate' proscription to be reversed

A three-day judicial review of the Government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action begins today Amnesty International UK and Liberty are intervening in the case ‘The proscription of Palestine...

Sudan: El Fasher survivors tell of deliberate RSF killings and sexual violence – new testimony

28 survivors tell of killings, beatings, rape and sexual assault ‘The RSF were killing people as if they were flies. It was a massacre. None of the people killed that I have seen were armed soldiers’...

UK: Two-thirds of Britons fear struggling to afford essentials this winter – new research

75% believe poverty is worsening and 69% believe that the Government isn’t doing enough to tackle the problem Christmas in crisis as nearly two-thirds of Britons fear financial struggles will cast a...