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# amnesty-international - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
'Pushed to breaking point': Mass hunger strike at Egyptian prison
Inmates have been on hunger strike for more than six weeks, Amnesty International has said.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 25 April, 2019
US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in four month blitz on Syrian city, says Amnesty
Amnesty International say the coalition has only admitted to around 10% of the deaths.
'Time for change': UK committee finds British government responsible for addressing Northern Ireland abortion laws
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
Amnesty Ireland calls for US to 'follow its own laws' as crisis unfolds at 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 could lead to 'new arms race with terrifying consequences', Amnesty International says
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
Two people killed and 40 arrested in new 'gay purge' in Chechnya, activists say
Chechen authorities immediately denied the claims.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
Abuse on Twitter: Women of colour 34% more likely than white women to be targeted
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
Rise of 'tough guy' world leaders 'mirrors the rise of fascism in the 1930s'
A new report said some leaders are using “bully tactics” to “demonise and persecute” vulnerable people.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
'Give us choice': Irish actors call on Theresa May to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland
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
Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour
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
Diplomatic pressure results in Tanzania stating anti-gay crackdown is not government policy
Amnesty International reports that ten men have been arrested since last week’s announcement.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
Sipo's order that Amnesty should return €137,000 grant is quashed after High Court appeal
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
Maser's Repeal the 8th mural is back up in Temple Bar (and it won’t come down this time)
Only this week it was removed from another wall in the area.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
Iraqi women suspected of IS links being sexually exploited and refused aid
An Amnesty International report has expressed concern about how women and children are sexually exploited.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 12 April, 2018
Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
Most executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan – in that order.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
Harris takes his message to Moore Street: 'Men need to talk to the women in their lives about the Eighth Amendment'
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 launches case challenging standards watchdog's order that it return €137,000
The money was donated to the group in order to fund activities around the Eighth Amendment.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 21 December, 2017
Open Society says Sipo may have relied on stolen documents to make Amnesty donation decision
Sipo has ordered Amnesty to return the €137,000 donation it received from Open Society.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 21 November, 2017
Rohingya crisis: 'We would be better in prison because at least we would have food'
A new Amnesty International report has said Rohingya treatment amounts to apartheid.
# amnesty-international - Monday 20 November, 2017
'Imagine getting rape threats when you open an app': The toll of online abuse on women
Women in eight different countries reported feeling anxious, less confident and unable to sleep after receiving abuse online.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
People were polled with the same questions as the Citizens' Assembly. Here's what they said
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
Young people's welcoming attitude towards refugees 'shows governments are out of touch'
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
'They beat me with an electric cable, while throwing water on me at the same time'
People accused of supporting Boko Haram are being brutally tortured in Cameroon.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 6 July, 2017
Deaths and abuse of migrants 'clearly linked' to EU policies, says Amnesty
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
Ibrahim Halawa's trial suspended for 25th time - but could the next hearing be the last?
Halawa has been imprisoned in the Egyptian capital for 1,418 days – nearly four years.
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
# amnesty-international - Monday 26 June, 2017
Nobel Peace Prize winner released from Chinese prison after 8 years with late-stage cancer
Liu Xiaobo was sentenced in 2009 for “subversion” after spearheading a bold petition for democratic reforms.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
'It is just reckless': US army lost track of $1bn worth of arms and military equipment in Middle East
An audit received by Amnesty International found failings in how equipment was logged and monitored.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 22 February, 2017
'Hate and fear' by Trump, Duterte and others is bringing the world back to the 1930s, says Amnesty
Amnesty has attacked “the cynical use of ‘us vs. them’ narrative”.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
Assad says defending Syria is more important than UN action against him
The Syrian president also accused the UN of being biased because of American, French and British influence.
This is the before and after picture of a man who survived Syria's 'human slaughterhouse'
Amnesty says their new report reveals a “hidden, monstrous campaign” at Saydnaya prison.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 1 February, 2017
Philippines police 'being paid to kill drug dealers' says report
The Amnesty report called it a “murderous war on the poor”.
# amnesty-international - Sunday 8 January, 2017
TDs to travel to Egypt tomorrow to meet with Ibrahim Halawa and Egyptian government
The TDs will be discussing the young man’s incarceration when they arrive tomorrow.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 7 December, 2016
Dublin court unfreezes €100 million worth of Russian tycoon's assets after five year battle
Judge Timothy Lucey also warned gardaí to be careful about what they put in their applications as people had been murdered for political reasons.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 3 November, 2016
Italy's 'get tough' approach to refugees leading to unlawful expulsions, ill-treatment - report
Amnesty International has released a new report claiming to offer testimonies of abuse and ill-treatment by Italian authorities which “may amount to torture”.
# amnesty-international - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
Six in ten people want abortion to be decriminalised in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where abortion is illegal, except where continuing a pregnancy would cause a serious risk to the mother’s health.
# amnesty-international - Monday 26 September, 2016
Free after 110 days: Irish citizen released from Iranian prison
The 65-year-old was reportedly kept in solitary confinement throughout her ordeal.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 18 August, 2016
'The blood was like a river': Syrian people speak of horrific torture they endured in prison
Many people witnessed prisoners dying in custody and some described being held in cells alongside dead bodies.
# amnesty-international - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
Hundreds of adults and children 'disappeared and tortured by Egyptian authorities'
A new report shows that hundreds of students, political activists and protesters have vanished.
# amnesty-international - Thursday 12 May, 2016
Paschal Donohoe says there will be a referendum on abortion in the coming years
The new Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said it was his personal view the issue would be put to the people.
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