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The ceremony will take place on Wednesday 4 June at the BFI Southbank in London and will also be livestreamed here ‘I am passionate about freedom of expression. We must champion those who take risks...

Amnesty have documented a disturbing pattern of of threats, intimidation and harassment, including interrogations and beatings by Hamas against peaceful protesters Gaza protests occur against the...

M23 accused detainees of supporting the Congolese army and government Witnesses detail deaths in overcrowded cells amid torture, starvation, and denial of contact with family ‘They take a chair and...

Sexist insults, threats of sexual violence and unlawful and degrading strip searches against women protesters Opposition leader, Elene Khoshtaria, described being violently restrained by police...

Responding to the Government’s latest immigration figures released today (22 May), Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: “Today’s figures make...

116 leading UK and Irish creatives have urged Keir Starmer to act over Israel’s escalating atrocities in Gaza, criticising UK arms exports, settlement trade, and lack of ICC support – open letter Riz...

116 leading UK and Irish creatives have urged Keir Starmer to act over Israel’s escalating atrocities in Gaza, criticising UK arms exports, settlement trade, and lack of ICC support – open letter Riz...

Award-winning Al-Dahdouh is Al-Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief and has reported from the Occupied Palestinian Territory for decades Despite numerous family members being killed by Israeli airstrikes in...

In response to the UK government’s announcement that it will suspend free trade agreement negotiations with Israel and impose sanctions on settlers, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief...

Striking visual protest staged by Amnesty UK, Fossil Free London, and Justice 4 Nigeria coalition coincides with Shell’s AGM This morning, activists from Amnesty International UK, Fossil Free London...