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Israel/OPT: Governments must refuse docking permission to ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of deadly explosives to Israel

German-owned ship is carrying 440 tonnes of mortar bomb parts, projectiles and military-grade steel to Israeli defence contractors Governments that facilitate the transfer of arms to Israel violate...

EU: Changes to asylum protection mark ‘unprecedented attack’ on system of safety

Changes make it easier for EU states to apply ‘safe third country’ concept to reject asylum applications as inadmissible without examination New list of ‘safe’ countries creates additional hurdle...

UK: Palestine Action hunger strikers' dire situation 'a shameful moment for the UK government'

Palestine Action activist Qesser Zuhrah has been taken to hospital in an ambulance after weeks on hunger strike at HMP Bronzefield ‘Make no mistake: this disgraceful state of affairs stems from the...

Gaza flood tragedy ‘utterly preventable’ – the world must act to stop Israel’s Genocide

Amnesty visited three sites where storm-damaged buildings collapsed in Bir al-Naaja, Jabalia refugee camp, and Al-Rimal, Gaza City ‘I still cannot digest the thought that we survived the bombardment...

Supreme Court Thompson ruling could enable Govt to conceal state agent involvement in killings

Human rights groups CAJ, Amnesty and RFJ have voiced concerns at the implications of the UK Supreme Court ruling in the Thompson case. The case related to a legacy inquest into the sectarian murder of...

Belarus: Long overdue release of political prisoners 'must not mask scale of ongoing repression'

Prisoners including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and prisoner of conscience Maryia Kalesnikava have been released Reacting to the release by the Belarusian authorities of 123 individuals...

UK: Amnesty warns of 'crisis point' as Palestine Action activists on hunger strike hospitalised

Responding to reports that five Palestine Action activists who are on hunger strike have been hospitalised, Kerry Moscogiuri, Director of Campaigns and Communications at Amnesty International UK, said...

UK: Government strategy does not match the urgency required to address unprecedented levels of homelessness

Commenting on the Government's homelessness strategy, Jen Clark, economic, social and cultural rights lead at Amnesty International UK said: “Today’s plan acknowledges the scale of England’s...

Myanmar: Deadly military air strike on hospital shows vicious disregard for right to life

Responding to reports of a Myanmar military air strike on a hospital in Rakhine State on Wednesday night (10 December), Joe Freeman, Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher, said: “Nowhere and no...

Sustainable peace requires international justice for victims of all crimes in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory - new report

Report details war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Hamas and other armed groups during and after the 7 October attacks Amnesty has documented evidence that Israel has committed - and...