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European govts complicit in abuse of migrants - report

Amnesty International has accused European governments of "complicity" in the detention under horrific conditions of migrants in Libya.
News • 12 Dec 17

Amnesty condemns draft Egyptian homosexuality bill

Amnesty International has condemned a draft bill in the Egyptian parliament that would criminalise homosexuality, in what the rights group called an "unprecedented homophobic crackdown".
News • 09 Nov 17

Amnesty in favour of decriminalisation of sex work

Amnesty International has voted to campaign for the full decriminalisation of all aspects of prostitution where it takes place voluntarily.
News • 11 Aug 15

Call for independent inquiry into NI child abuse

Amnesty International in Northern Ireland has said yesterday's audits of two Catholic dioceses there strengthen the case for an independent investigation into clerical child sexual abuse north of the border.
News • 11 Dec 13

Amnesty says Jordan denying Syrian refugees entry

A new report by human rights group Amnesty International has said that hundreds of people trying to flee the fighting in Syria are being turned back at the Jordanian border.
News • 31 Oct 13

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