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Surveillance: ‘Cautious welcome’ to Chief Constable commitment to provide answers on covert spying on media

Amnesty International and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) have given a “cautious welcome” to a commitment from the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)...

UK: Amnesty slams TV ad ban: 'Human rights are not political'

Advertising clearance agency Clearcast says Amnesty International’s work on protecting human rights is ‘political’ Latest advert featuring Olivia Colman and Adrian Lester on perils of mould infested...

Iran: compulsory headscarf crackdown is 'terrorising' women and girls - new testimonies

Hundreds of thousands of vehicles driven by women or with female passengers have been confiscated Scale of prosecutions unknown but fears it may to run into many thousands One woman lashed 74 times...

Ukraine: new ICC arrest warrants against Russia for targeting electricity infrastructure welcomed

Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash and Admiral Viktor Sokolov wanted in relation to attacks on electricity power plants and sub-stations ‘The ICC has served notice that those alleged to have committed...

France: enshrining abortion in constitution is of 'huge significance'

French parliamentarians vote to revise the country’s constitution to enshrine ‘guaranteed freedom’ to access an abortion. Widespread rollback in abortion rights in USA partly prompted the move ‘Today...

UK: Prime Minister's speech about peaceful protests is 'deeply worrying'

In response to Rishi Sunak’s speech today, Ilyas Nagdee, Amnesty International UK’s Racial Justice Director, said: “The overwhelmingly peaceful protests about mass atrocities in Gaza must not be...

UK: British-Palestinian surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah in conversation - London event

The prominent British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah will be in conversation at an Amnesty International UK event in London on Wednesday 27 March (19:30-20:45)...

Hong Kong: Transgender activist in danger of being sent back to mainland China

Lai Ke was detained in a psychiatric centre throughout her sentence and denied access to vital medicines ‘Time is of the essence to prevent Lai Ke from being unlawfully deported to mainland China ’ -...

UK: Government must end 'immoral' policy of refusing to process asylum claims

Latest Home Office statistics show number of unresolved cases stands at 128,786 Government’s three-year-long refusal to process asylum claims is at root of serious problems with the system Tragic...

PM's accusation of 'mob rule' puts right to peaceful protest at risk

In response to the Prime Minister's call for further restrictions on protest, Tom Southerden, Amnesty International UK’s Law and Human Rights Director, said: “Talk of ‘mob rule’ is extremely dangerous...