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In 2018, Sylvie Njobati’s grandfather told her about a sacred ancient artefact known as Ngonnso, stolen by the Germans during the colonial period from 1884 to 1916, and donated to Berlin’s Ethnological Museum, by German Military Officer, Kurt Von Pavel. Ngonnso was seen as a cultural cornerst...
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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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The right-wing media is desperate to defeat Green leader Zack Polanski (and the hope he brings to so many). But the more it throws at him, the more he knocks it out of the park, and the more campaign money his team raises. Attempting to protect the privilege of the rich and powerful, people like...

In response to the third time that Diana Loginova (aka Naoko) and Aleksandr Orlov, street music performers from the band Stoptime, are being held in administrative detention, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The repeated arrests of Naoko and her bandmates are punishment for their public performance which...

Responding to Russia’s latest attacks on Chernihiv’s energy infrastructure, which have left the entire city and parts of the region without electricity, Veronika Velch, Amnesty International Ukraine’s Director, said: “This morning, Chernihiv — a city of nearly 280,000 people just two hours from Kyiv — woke up to a complete blackout after a series of...

The Hastings Jews for Justice group is inviting the public to join its members for dinner in a small shelter called a ‘sukkah’ each evening from 6-10 October in Hastings town centre. Hastings Jews for Justice: solidarity sukkahs A ‘sukkah’ is a three-sided structure traditionally erected during the harvest festival of Sukkot, with Jewish families...

After a long wait, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) finally revealed what the Timms Review would entail yesterday, well, in the vague way the DWP does. Despite trying to make it once again seem like they care about disabled people, it’s clear this is just another desperate attempt to push through cuts that...

Mourners have carried out the funerals of assassinated Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Horrifying footage has shown journalists ripped to pieces, covered in blood and body parts, and later in white funeral shrouds stained with blood. Israel’s repeated attacks on journalists are the height of impunity, and a brutal attempt to remove the people reporting on...
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Responding to a decision by a court in Kyrgyzstan to release investigative journalist and Temirov LIVE editor-in-chief Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy from custody and subject her to a travel ban pending a retrial, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “While Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy’s release from prison is a long-overdue step towards justice that...
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In 2018, Sylvie Njobati’s grandfather told her about a sacred ancient artefact known as Ngonnso, stolen by the Germans during the colonial period from 1884 to 1916, and donated to Berlin’s Ethnological Museum, by German Military Officer, Kurt Von Pavel. Ngonnso was seen as a cultural cornerstone for the Nso people, an ethnic group from...

























