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Northern Ireland: “Loughinisland collusion revelations deeply disturbing” – Amnesty Response to Ombudsman Report
Responding to a report today from the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland on collusion between security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director of Amnesty International, said:
“The latest set of revelations about collusion by the RUC with loyalist paramilitaries in these killings is deeply disturbing.
“There should be no impunity for human rights abuses and today’s Police Ombudsman’s report is a welcome step on the road to full accountability.
Shia cleric among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia in a single day
Saudi Arabia’s authorities have demonstrated their utter disregard for human rights and life by executing 47 people in a single day, said Amnesty International today.
Amnesty International Annual Conference 2016
Amnesty International Ireland Annual Conference 2016
It has never been more important to be a human rights activist.
Your Rights. Your Amnesty. Your Decisions.
When: 16-17 April 2016
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El Salvador’s total abortion ban sentences children and families to trauma and poverty
El Salvador’s extreme anti-abortion law is having a devastating effect on the lives of scores of children whose mothers, having suffered miscarriages or other obstetric emergencies, are being held behind bars accused of having illegal abortions, said Amnesty International in a new report today.
Yemen: Coalition used UK cruise missile in unlawful airstrike
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition used a British-made cruise missile to destroy a Yemeni ceramics factory, a civilian object, on 23 September, 2015, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today, based on field research and interviews with eyewitnesses at the scene.
More than 26,000 people sign up to Amnesty International’s first online rights course
The first ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from Amnesty International opened this week, and has attracted sign-ups from people across the globe who want to learn more about the right to freedom of expression and how to defend it.
Amnesty International experts, including Netsanet Belay, Africa Director, Research and Advocacy, will be delivering the course.
Niger Delta: Shell’s manifestly false claims about oil pollution exposed, again
Claims by oil giant Shell that it has cleaned up heavily polluted areas of the Niger Delta are blatantly false, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) said in a new report published today.
Egypt: Armed raid on journalism NGO bears hallmarks of another assault on independent media
An armed raid on a journalism NGO in Cairo today marks a dangerous escalation in the Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on freedom of expression and association, said Amnesty International.
Burkina Faso: Army must free detained leaders and avoid violent repression of protests
Burkina Faso’s Presidential Guard must stop using lethal force, beatings and other violence to repress protests and release arbitrarily detained members of the transitional government, said Amnesty International amid reports that demonstrators have been beaten and shot following today’s coup.