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Amnesty International's Northern Ireland Director Patrick Corrigan at an anti-racism rally in Belfast in June 2025

Race hate crimes reach record levels in Northern Ireland

Racist hate crimes in Northern Ireland have reached record levels, new police figures show.

Activists seen at a vigil against the execution of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, sentenced to death for drug trafficking into Singapore, outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 19 February

Global executions soar to highest in nine years - Amnesty

The number of people known to have been executed last year was the highest in almost a decade, with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia responsible for most executions, Amnesty International has said.

World • 08 Apr

Executions rose for the second consecutive year in the US

Number of executions in 2023 highest since 2015 - Amnesty

Executions around the world rose to their highest number in nearly a decade in 2023, with a sharp rise in the Middle East, Amnesty International said.

World • 29 May 24

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addressing a press conference during the G20 summit in November 2020

S Arabia increased executions after G20 term - Amnesty

Saudi Arabia ramped up executions in the first half of 2021 following a drop during its term as G20 president in 2020, Amnesty International said.

World • 03 Aug 21

The PSNI's Legacy Investigations Branch is looking at a number of historical events

Court considers PSNI independence in Troubles cases

UK Supreme Court judges will consider whether the Legacy Investigations Branch was "sufficiently independent" to investigate the shooting of Jean Smyth, 24, in 1972 and the detention of the "hooded men" in 1971.

Ireland • 14 Jun 21

Ethiopian refugees from Tigray region wait in line to receive aid at the Um Rakuba refugee camp

Eritrean troops killed 'hundreds' in Ethiopia - Amnesty

Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against humanity, according to Amnesty International.

World • 26 Feb 21

Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia - sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes - have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups

Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging

Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of "human rights advances" made by the king and his powerful son.

World • 25 Apr 20

Protests erupted across Iran last November following a surprise petrol price rise

Iranian security forces killed 23 children - Amnesty

Amnesty International has accused the Iranian security forces of killing 23 children, mostly with live ammunition, during a crackdown on anti-government protests late last year.

World • 04 Mar 20

Amnesty International Ireland praised the club for an 'incredible' track record on social justice issues

'Refugees Welcome' - Bohemians jersey platforms Amnesty

An image of a family fleeing war and the message "Refugees Welcome" are central to Bohemian FC's new away jersey.

News Lens • 12 Feb 20

Amnesty claims the Egyptian authorities have pushed scores of detainees at Al-Aqrab prison to breaking point

Mass hunger strike at Egypt prison: Amnesty

About 130 inmates have been on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison for more than six weeks in protest at inhumane conditions and denial of family visits, according to Amnesty International.

World • 31 Jul 19

Global executions at lowest level in a decade: Amnesty

Executions fell worldwide by nearly a third last year to their lowest levels in at least a decade, but several countries recorded a rise, according to an annual review by Amnesty International.

World • 10 Apr 19

The 11 women on trial had campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system

At least eight held in Saudi crackdown: activists

Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight writers and bloggers, including two US citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of detained women activists whose trial has drawn global censure, campaigners said.

World • 05 Apr 19

Idlib is the last major opposition stronghold in north-west Syria (File pic)

Syria accused of war crimes in Amnesty report

A hospital, school, blood bank and a bakery in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib have been recently targeted by government forces, according to an Amnesty International report.

World • 28 Mar 19

Amnesty is demanding the EV sector comes up with an ethical and clean battery within five years

Amnesty challenges electric car makers to 'come clean'

Amnesty International has accused the electric vehicle industry of selling itself as environmentally friendly, despite producing many of its batteries using polluting fossil fuels and unethically sourced minerals.

World • 21 Mar 19

Working conditions at Amnesty were exposed in a review launched after the suicides of two staff members last year

Report into 'toxic culture' of bullying at Amnesty

The management team of the human rights organisation Amnesty International has offered to resign after a report found what it called a "toxic culture" of workplace bullying.

World • 23 Feb 19

The report lists 50 countries worldwide where anti-NGO laws have been implemented or are in the pipeline

Global assault on NGOs at crisis point - Amnesty

Governments around the world are stepping-up their attacks on civil society organisations and human rights defenders, according to a new Amnesty International report.

World • 21 Feb 19

There are now approximately 250 Israeli settlements

Tourism firms 'profiting' from Israeli settlements

Amnesty International has accused online tourism giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor of profiting from "war crimes" by offering services in Israeli settlements.

World • 30 Jan 19

Aung San Suu Kyi has had other honours withdrawn, including the freedom of the city of Dublin

Amnesty strips highest award from Aung San Suu Kyi

Amnesty International has withdrawn its most prestigious human rights prize from Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the Myanmar leader of perpetuating human rights abuses by not speaking out about violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

World • 12 Nov 18

Last November SIPO ordered Amnesty to return a donation made in August 2015 by the Open Society Foundations

SIPO decision on Amnesty donation 'procedurally flawed'

Amnesty International's High Court challenge against the Standards in Public Office Commission's order to return a Swiss-based foundation's donation of €137,000 for a campaign to increase support for a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment has been resolved.

Courts • 31 Jul 18

Amnesty says the growing movement of activists campaigning for social justice provides real hope

Amnesty warns of dangers of state-sponsored hate

Amnesty International has warned that state-sponsored hate threatens to normalise massive discrimination against marginalised groups.

World • 22 Feb 18

Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh

Treatment of Rohingya amounts to apartheid - Amnesty

The Rohingya people in Myanmar are trapped in a vicious system of state-sponsored, institutionalised discrimination that amounts to apartheid, according to Amnesty International.

Rohingya • 21 Nov 17

Activists protest against the expulsion of Afghan refugees at Dusseldorf airport in Germany

European nations urged to stop repatriating Afghans

Amnesty International has urged European nations to stop sending Afghans who do not qualify for asylum back to their "deeply unsafe" home country.

World • 05 Oct 17

Some 389,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh since violence began last month

Amnesty says Myanmar army torching Rohingya villages

Amnesty International has said satellite images of burnt villages in Rakhine state show Myanmar's security forces have led "systematic" clearances of Rohingya Muslim settlements over the past three weeks.

World • 15 Sep 17

Globally in 2016, one third of all imprisoned journalists, media workers and executives were in Turkey's prisons

Call for journalists jailed in Turkey to be freed

To coincide with World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International is calling for the release of more than 120 journalists jailed in Turkey following last summer's failed coup attempt.

Turkey • 03 May 17

Booklets by Amnesty International entitled 'Death Sentence and Execution'

China executed thousands last year - Amnesty

China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, according to Amnesty International.

World • 11 Apr 17