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UK/IRELAND: HOODED MEN TORTURE RULING IS ‘VERY DISAPPOINTING’, SAY AMNESTY

European Court of Human Rights maintains its 1978 judgement “This is a very disappointing outcome, for the men and their...

Turkey: European Court decision gives hope for thousands arbitrarily detained

Following long-awaited landmark rulings today by the European Court of Human Rights which found that journalist Mehmet Altan and columnist...

China: New Supervision Law a systemic threat to human rights

Responding to the news that China’s legislature today passed the Supervision Law, Amnesty International’s East Asia Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin...

USA: The death penalty is never an appropriate response to a public health crisis

Responding to an initiative announced by President Donald Trump on the use of the death penalty as a means to...

Nigeria: Security forces failed to act on warnings about Boko Haram attack hours before abduction of schoolgirls

Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards a...

Italy: Targeting of NGO rescue ship displays “reckless disregard for common decency”

Following yesterday’s seizure of a Spanish NGO rescue boat by the Italian authorities and the investigation of its crew for...

Indonesia: Aceh must drop proposal to introduce beheading as method of execution

Reacting to the news that the Aceh provincial administration in Indonesia is considering the introduction of beheading as a punishment...

Nigeria: Amnesty activists uncover serious negligence by oil giants Shell and Eni

A groundbreaking research project by Amnesty International has exposed evidence of serious negligence by oil giants Shell and Eni, whose...

Mexico: Damning UN report highlights cover-up in case of 43 disappeared students

A damning new United Nations (UN) report on the Mexican government’s investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students in...

Jamaica: Amnesty International supporters take half a million actions to end impunity for unlawful police killings

Accompanied by relatives of people killed by police across the Americas, Amnesty International today delivered 64,331 letters and signatures to...

SYRIA: Seven years of catastrophic failure by the international community

To mark the seventh anniversary of the Syria conflict, Amnesty International is calling for the international community to assume its...

Brazil: Authorities must investigate the killing of human rights defender Marielle Franco

The targeted assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old human rights defender and city councilor known for denouncing police abuses and...

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