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To mark Poland’s official withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention or the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, Julia Głębocka, Human rights researcher for Amnesty International Poland, reflects on what the return of these indiscriminate weapons means for human rights in Europe. Not so long ago, in 20...
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The constituency of Alloa and Grangemouth has made the headlines recently, as the Labour Government has been heavily criticised for prioritising profit over people when deciding what the future holds for the constituency’s largest employer: the oil refinery. Sounding the ala...
From teacher to Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr’s first Labour MP, Steve Witherden made history during the 2024 General Election as every constituency in Wales has now been represented by a Labour MP at some point throughout history. Not afraid to challenge reactionary policies ...
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Reacting to news that Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has petitioned the Supreme Court to designate the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) founded by the late prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny a “terrorist organization,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The Kremlin has been relentless in its persecution of Russian opposition leader...

On 1 October 2025, the Senedd will be debating Swift Bricks as a possible solution to the iconic bird’s plummeting numbers. Swifts are incredible birds that sleep, eat, drink, and mate on the wing. Historically, these birds have nested in healthy numbers in cavities within older housing stock. However, with renovations and modernisation these cavities...

Canary journalist Alaa Shamali is trying to get his family – of five children – safely out of Gaza, but needs your help to make it happen. Palestinian journalist Alaa Shamali has written unflinchingly on the countless heinous atrocities Israel has perpetrated in Gaza. A little more than a week before the colonial settler state...

The intensification of Israel’s brutal military offensive in Gaza City since mid-August has unleashed a new catastrophic phase of mass forced displacement, forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians – many of whom have already been uprooted multiple times -into overcrowded enclaves in the south of the occupied Gaza Strip that lack access to clean water, food,...

By Sarah Brooks, China Director at Amnesty International Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, promised to advance women’s rights and empowerment worldwide, governments are once again gathering in Beijing to mark the special anniversary. For China, the U.N....

Background: In mid-September 2025, media reports suggested that US President Donald Trump’s administration planned to call for “reframing the global approach to asylum” during an event on the sidelines of the United National General Assembly High-level Week. On 25 September, the US hosted a side event at UNGA headlined by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher...
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As Trump tears down renewable energy, once again, Mozambique bears the brunt of climate harm caused by fossil fuel producers. By Tigere Chagutah In his address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on 21 January, US President Donald Trump argued against renewable energy solutions. In a wide-ranging speech, he described them as a “green new...
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Responding to the presentation of a report by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) on Friday 27 February to the UN Human Rights Counc...
The Algerian authorities must ensure the upcoming retrial of 94 people in connection with the August 2021 events in the Kabylie region, in northeaster...
The Algerian authorities must ensure the upcoming retrial of 94 people in connection with the August 2021 events in the Kabylie region, in northeaster...
As Trump tears down renewable energy, once again, Mozambique bears the brunt of climate harm caused by fossil fuel producers. By Tigere Chagutah In hi...
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Responding to the presentation of a report by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) on Friday 27 February to the UN Human Rights Council that documents the deteriorating human rights situation in the country, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Tigere Chagutah said; “The report by the Commission on...

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