# amnesty-international - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
Russian forces carried out “acts of unspeakable cruelty and shocking brutality”, according to Amnesty International .
# amnesty-international - Monday 7 February, 2022
# Historic Abuse
# Historic Abuse
The planned apology to be delivered by Paul Givan and Michelle O’Neill has been thrown into doubt by Givan’s resignation.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 25 January, 2022
# Report
# Report
The group said a law introduced in 2017 which criminalises the purchase of sex in Ireland is facilitating the abuse of sex workers.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
Prof Clíona Ní Cheallaigh said the world will continue to face variants of Covid-19 if there is not an equitable distribution of vaccines.
# amnesty-international - Friday 22 October, 2021
# Lombardy
# Lombardy
The human rights organisation has also raised concerns about alleged retaliation against staff who spoke out about working conditions.
# amnesty-international - Friday 15 October, 2021
# Due Diligence
From The42
# Due Diligence
The world’s leading human rights organisation wants the club to look into the issue following the club’s controversial acquisition.
# amnesty-international - Friday 11 June, 2021
# China
# China
The 160-page report by Amnesty International uses the testimony of former detainees to document the abuses.
# amnesty-international - Friday 30 April, 2021
# Intellectual Property
# Intellectual Property
The World Trade Organization will meet again today to discuss the proposal.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 30 March, 2021
# Qatar World Cup
From The42
# Qatar World Cup
Bohemians and Amnesty International Ireland have made their voices heard, as the Republic of Ireland face the 2022 World Cup hosts in a friendly game tonight.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Pablo Hasel
# Pablo Hasel
Rapper Pablo Hasel barricaded himself and supporters in a university during a 24-hour standoff with police.
# amnesty-international - Friday 13 November, 2020
# Ethiopia
# Ethiopia
A man lies down after giving blood at a blood drive in support of the country’s military, at a stadium in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday,
# amnesty-international - Monday 15 June, 2020
# Occupied Territories
# Occupied Territories
Fine Gael and Tánaiste Simon Coveney have repeatedly outlined their opposition to the Bill.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Warning
From The42
# Warning
Amnesty UK director Kate Allen has written to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
# Cairo
# Cairo
Inmates have been on hunger strike for more than six weeks, Amnesty International has said.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 25 April, 2019
# Raqa
# Raqa
Amnesty International say the coalition has only admitted to around 10% of the deaths.
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
Laws in Northern Ireland mean that women cannot access an abortion unless there is a serious risk to their life.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 31 January, 2019
# US-Mexico Border
# US-Mexico Border
The US launched an effort to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through US immigration courts.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
# Killer Robots
# Killer Robots
Amnesty International is calling for a total ban on the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapon systems.
# amnesty-international - Monday 14 January, 2019
# Chechnya
# Chechnya
Chechen authorities immediately denied the claims.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
The study found that an abusive or problematic tweet was sent to the women in the study every 30 seconds on average.
# amnesty-international - Monday 10 December, 2018
# Rights Today
# Rights Today
A new report said some leaders are using “bully tactics” to “demonise and persecute” vulnerable people.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
# Private Members' Bill
# Private Members' Bill
Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan have signed the letter ahead of the reading of a bill that would decriminalise abortion across the UK.
# amnesty-international - Monday 12 November, 2018
# Ambassador Of Conscience
# Ambassador Of Conscience
The group revoked the award in light of Suu Kyi’s “betrayal of the values she once stood for”.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
# Gay Rights
# Gay Rights
Amnesty International reports that ten men have been arrested since last week’s announcement.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
# Funding
# Funding
The donation was for Amnesty’s ‘My Body, My Rights’ campaign which sought a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
# amnesty-international - Friday 27 April, 2018
# Another Lick On The Wall
# Another Lick On The Wall
Only this week it was removed from another wall in the area.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
An Amnesty International report has expressed concern about how women and children are sexually exploited.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 12 April, 2018
# Death Penalty
# Death Penalty
Most executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan – in that order.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
# Referendum
# Referendum
Health Minister Simon Harris stopped by Moore Street today to launch the ‘It’s Time to Talk’ referendum campaign.
# amnesty-international - Monday 12 February, 2018
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
The money was donated to the group in order to fund activities around the Eighth Amendment.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 21 December, 2017
# Donation
# Donation
Sipo has ordered Amnesty to return the €137,000 donation it received from Open Society.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 21 November, 2017
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
A new Amnesty International report has said Rohingya treatment amounts to apartheid.
# amnesty-international - Monday 20 November, 2017
# Amnesty Survey
# Amnesty Survey
Women in eight different countries reported feeling anxious, less confident and unable to sleep after receiving abuse online.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
# The Eighth
# The Eighth
The Citizens’ Assembly had an almost two-thirds majority vote (64%) for access to abortion on request at least in early pregnancy.
# amnesty-international - Monday 28 August, 2017
# Migrant Crisis
# Migrant Crisis
72.6% of people aged between 18 and 35 would welcome refugees into their countries, according to a World Economic Foundation survey.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 20 July, 2017
# Boko Haram
# Boko Haram
People accused of supporting Boko Haram are being brutally tortured in Cameroon.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 6 July, 2017
# Migrant Crisis
# Migrant Crisis
Italy has recently threatened to close its ports to foreign ships in an effort to force the EU to react.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
# Egypt
# Egypt
Halawa has been imprisoned in the Egyptian capital for 1,418 days – nearly four years.
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
# amnesty-international - Monday 26 June, 2017
# China
# China
Liu Xiaobo was sentenced in 2009 for “subversion” after spearheading a bold petition for democratic reforms.
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