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UK: Rape crisis and human rights groups welcome focus on consent

Sexual violence organisations have applauded the shift in focus away from the victim and their behaviour towards the behaviour of men who commit sexual offences, heralded by today’s launch of magazine...

New events call on people working with young men to help Women's rights's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights

Amnesty International is calling on men who work with young men and boys to help tackle violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, at a nationwide series of new...

New Lancet letter condemns force-feeding at Guantánamo

Amnesty International today (10 March) called for action from the US authorities in response to an open letter from leading medical experts that condemns force-feeding of prisoners at the US detention...

NI: Belfast-born medic spearheads new letter to Lancet condemning force-feeding of hunger strikers at Guantánamo

Human rights group says US authorities must act on medical experts’ call for independent examination. Belfast-born consultant Dr David Nicholl is the man behind a remarkable open letter from leading...

UK: Sex trafficking: Amnesty welcomes police raids in Greater Manchester and North Wales, but calls for protection for trafficked victims

Reacting to the news of Merseyside Police dawn raids in Greater Manchester and North Wales, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: "Amnesty welcomes the police crackdown on traffickers and...

India: Amnesty condemns bombings in Varanasi

Amnesty International utterly condemns the multiple bombings that took place on Monday 7 March in the north Indian city of Varanasi, claiming 21 lives and injuring more than 60 others. Reports suggest...

Amnesty calls on USA not to derail ‘best chance in decades’ Human Rights Council

Amnesty International members around the world are writing to the US government asking it to not to derail the creation of an effective new UN Human Rights Council at the UN this week. The proposed...

NI: Tasers: Amnesty International briefing as Policing Board announce PSNI plans for introduction of new electro-shock weapons

As the Policing Board reveal the Chief Constable of PSNI's plans for the introduction of electro-shock ‘Tasers’, Amnesty International issued the following briefing detailing its concerns that Tasers...

Scotland: Violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights is still a problem for Scotland

According to a poll by Amnesty International Scotland, the vast majority of respondents believe violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights is still a problem in...

India: Amnesty expresses concern over the safety of civilians in Chattisgarh

Amnesty International expresses grave concern about the recent escalation of violence in a remote forest region of Chattisgarh, central India. On 28 February, suspected Maoists belonging to the People...