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youth activists campaigning on abortion access

26th April 2023
Ireland: Serious flaws identified in abortion law review report require urgent Government action

A UN peacekeeper stands guard as crowds of children and villagers gather to welcome Steven Koutsis (unseen), the United States' top envoy in Sudan, in the war-torn town of Golo in the thickly forested mountainous area of Jebel Marra in central Darfur on June 19, 2017. The town was a former rebel bastion which was recently captured by Sudanese government forces. The top US envoy in Sudan began a four-day trip to Darfur on June 18, 2017 to assess security in the war-torn region as the UN prepares to downsize its 17,000-strong peacekeeping force. His visit also comes just weeks before President Donald Trump's administration decides whether to permanently lift a two-decades old US trade embargo on Sudan. / AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY

24th April 2023
Sudan: New conflict escalation exacerbates 20 years of suffering for civilians in Darfur

20th April 2023
Global: UN must respect human rights while combatting antisemitism

18th April 2023
Sudan: Parties to the conflict must ensure protection of civilians as deaths mount

18th April 2023
Nicaragua: A continuum of repression and systematic human rights violations under the Ortega-Murillo government

17th April 2023
Russia: Anti-war political activist and prisoner of conscience Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in jail

11th April 2023
Sunak-Biden meeting: PM must end hypocrisy and scrap legislation violating Good Friday Agreement

6th April 2023
TROUBLES BILL: All Cards Are On the Table for Irish Government taking UK to Court

Law enforcement officials sent to police the region devastated by Türkiye’s 6 February earthquakes have beaten, tortured, and otherwise ill-treated people they suspect of theft and looting, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.

5th April 2023
Türkiye: Police and gendarmerie commit abuses in earthquake zone

4th April 2023
UK government’s hypocrisy threatens Good Friday Agreement

Brian Yap, research consultant of Amnesty International Malaysia, holds a copy of a report on the death penalty in Malaysia, during its launch in Petaling Jaya on October 10, 2019. - Malaysian police sometimes use torture to extract confessions from suspects in death penalty cases, who often face unfair trials, Amnesty International said on October 10, piling pressure on the government to abolish capital punishment.

3rd April 2023
Malaysia: Historic change unfolding as Dewan Rakyat votes to repeal mandatory death penalty

30th March 2023
Iran: Bernard Phelan must be immediately released

Migrants in a dinghy sail in the Channel toward the south coast of England on September 1, 2020 after crossing from France. - Migrant crossings of the Channel between France and England have hit record numbers, with thousands having arrived in small boats since the beginning of the year. The issue is politically-charged in the UK, with the country's right-wing newspapers decrying the arrivals and many ruling Conservative lawmakers calling for tougher border enforcement. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

28th March 2023
Amnesty International Annual Report highlights Europe’s Double Standards on Human Rights, and an International System unfit to deal with Global Crisis

27th March 2023
Malaysia: Bills introduced to lead to abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty

24th March 2023
France: Allowing mass surveillance at Olympics undermines EU efforts to regulate AI

21st March 2023
Over 200K people globally demand an end to Israeli apartheid against Palestinians

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