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Nov 5 2020 9:31am
The case against the use of spit hoods in response to Covid-19
The last few years have seen a roll-out of spit hoods to police forces...
Oct 21 2020 9:33am
UK: Leaked documents show plans to again discharge COVID-19 patients into care homes
Amnesty has seen documents sent by local authorities to care homes in ...
Oct 12 2020 3:40pm
UK: Review into 'horrifyingly widespread' use of do-not-resuscitate orders in care homes must begin immediately
Responding to an announcement that the Department of Health and Social...
Oct 4 2020 10:16am
UK: Older people in care homes abandoned to die amid Government failures during coronavirus pandemic - new report
Key failings included decisions to discharge thousands of untested hos...
Oct 3 2020 10:00am
Amnesty International UK's Care Homes Report 2020
As lockdown began, thousands of patients were sent from hospitals into...
Sep 17 2020 4:50pm
Tens of thousands locked up in "punitive" state-run quarantine centres across Venezuela, El Salvador and Paraguay - new report
90,000 Venezuelans, 16,000 Salvadorians and 8,000 Paraguayans locked u...
Aug 25 2020 11:29am
Angola: Police kill teenagers during lockdown enforcement - investigation
Police and armed forces targeted youths from poor neighbourhoods as th...
Aug 14 2020 12:17pm
Southern Africa: Region's leaders must address human rights violations
COVID-19 still devastating the region, exposing stark inequalities and...
Aug 6 2020 9:43am
COVID-19: Jailed activists remain in virus-hit prisons as attempts to silence them continue
Human rights defenders around the world excluded from government measu...
Jul 31 2020 11:10am
Iran: leaked letters reveal coronavirus prisons crisis despite 'no deaths' claim
Leaked official documents obtained by Amnesty International reveal tha...