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Reacting to the conviction and two-year imprisonment of prominent Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “Mzia Amaghlobeli was subjected to a litany of abuses at the hands of ...
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...
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Bradford councillor Ismail Uddin beat Labour last year at the age of 19, as an independent candidate. And at a Your Party rally on 8 October, he said the new left party has to inspire hope in people that change is a very real possibility if people organise. He insisted: my experiences come from the...

Responding to the Russian Supreme Court’s closed-door decision to designate the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF/FBK), founded by colleagues of 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’s long campaign against the late opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his supporters has...

Arusha, Tanzania – The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) Appellate Division has upheld a decision regarding the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). In November 2023, the First Instance Division of the EACJ dismissed a case that four East African civil society organisations filed in November 2020. This has disappointed the East African Crude...

Sarah Woolley is general secretary of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). And on 8 October, she spoke at a Your Party rally in Leeds alongside Zarah Sultana. But while she praised the excitement surrounding the party, she insisted that: While this new formation is coming together, while the ideas and the structures...

Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent...

Israel’s war of extermination in Gaza is about to enter its third year, with children remaining the most prominent victims after more than 700 days. According to a report issued by the Government Media Office, which the Canary has seen, the figures reveal the extent of the direct and deliberate targeting of children by the...
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