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Aug 18 2021 9:46 am
UK: Afghanistan resettlement scheme is 'too little, too late'

Responding to the UK government’s announcement of an Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme which it says will be used to resettle up to 20,000 at-risk people from Afghanistan in the coming years, Steve...

Aug 16 2021 3:36 pm
UK must urgently expand 'grossly flawed and utterly inadequate' relocation scheme for Afghanistan

Escalating disaster in Afghanistan is exposing the lie behind the Home Office’s Nationality and Borders Bill to provide protection Many Afghan refugees have no offer of a safe route to reach the UK...

Aug 16 2021 2:24 pm
Afghanistan: Women, activists, journalists and academics urgently need protection from Taliban

Responding to the collapse of the Afghan government following the seizure of power by the Taliban and the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as thousands of people attempt to leave the country, Agnès...

Aug 15 2021 7:58 am
Hong Kong: Closure of prominent rights group 'signals a concerning domino effect'

Disbandment of the CHRF comes less than a week after Hong Kong’s Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU) also ceased operation For 20 years, CHRF organised often in close collaboration with the police...

Aug 13 2021 12:40 pm
UK: Anoosheh Ashoori family request No10 meeting with 'empty chair' protest

Family of British man arbitrarily jailed in Iran, including wife Sherry Izadi, sit in chairs outside Downing St, with vacant chair left for prime minister who is yet to meet the family Protest...

Aug 12 2021 9:08 pm
UK: Death at English Channel is sad loss of life - Home Office should 'wake-up'

In response to reports of a death at the English Channel after a migrant boat sank, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at Amnesty International UK, said: “We are deeply saddened...

Aug 12 2021 4:13 pm
UK: Channel rescue mission should be an 'urgent wake-up call' to the Home Office

In response to reports of a rescue mission launched in the English Channel after a migrant boat sinks, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at Amnesty International UK, said:...

Aug 12 2021 12:10 pm
UK: Napier Barracks Covid outbreak shows Home Office 'just doesn't care' about people seeking asylum

In response to reports of another Covid outbreak at Napier Barracks, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at Amnesty International, said: “Once again Napier Barracks is in the...

Aug 11 2021 11:59 pm
Russia: protest 'seen as a crime' by authorities - new report

Putin era has seen succession of new laws prohibiting protests Gatherings are forbidden outside court buildings or prisons, while in some regions virtually all urban areas are off-limits to protesters...

Aug 11 2021 7:16 am
Ethiopia: Troops and militia rape, mutilate and abduct women and girls in Tigray conflict - New Report

Forces aligned to Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity ‘[The sexual...