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Amnesty International

October 17, 2019

Drought and commercial cattle farming causing devastating hunger in Angola

Tens of thousands of pastoral farmers who have been driven off their land to make way for commercial cattle ranches are at severe risk of starvation as drought grips southern Angola.
October 11, 2019

Ecuadorian authorities 'must end repression of demonstrations immediately'

President Moreno announced austerity measures and then authorised the mobilisation of the armed forces to maintain order.
October 7, 2019

Call for Facebook to break encryption is attempt to 'intrude on private communications'

Amnesty International says encryption is vital to protect our human rights online.
October 4, 2019

Northern Ireland's abortion law found to be in breach of UK human rights commitments

The court stated that in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, Northern Ireland’s abortion law is incompatible with the UK’s human rights obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.
October 1, 2019

Australia urged to bring home children of fighters in Syria

The Australian government should bring home Australian children of parents who may have joined armed groups and who are living in deplorable conditions in camps in Syria, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Save the Children have said.
October 1, 2019

Amnesty calls on Pakistan to release lecturer accused of blasphemy

Junaid Hafeez was charged with blasphemy over social media posts, and has been in solitary confinement since June 2014.
September 30, 2019

Syrian unjustly jailed in Hungary finally allowed home to Cyprus

The authorities in Cyprus have finally allowed a Syrian unjustly convicted in Hungary in a blatant misuse of terrorism-related charges, to return to his family.
September 26, 2019

Amnesty calls on world leaders at UN to confront Egypt's President Sisi over protests crackdown

World leaders must confront President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the UN General Assembly in New York this week and strongly condemn Egypt's crackdown on recent protests, says Amnesty International.
September 21, 2019

Migrant workers still being exploited in Qatar, says Amnesty

Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar are going unpaid despite Qatar’s repeated promises to improve workers’ rights ahead of the 2022 World Cup, says Amnesty International.
September 19, 2019

UN chief urged to denounce human rights violations in Xinjiang, China

The Chinese authorities have overseen a campaign of mass internment of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang province, northwest China.