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| Apr 30, 2026 | UK: New deal with France to stop small boat crossings ― First conviction under new crossing law ― Government closes 11 asylum hotels ― NGO report reveals shocking number of deaths of young asylum applicants ― NGO briefing raises concerns about female A… | The UK has signed a new agreement with France to prevent people from crossing the Channel in small boats. An Afghan national has become the first person to be convicted of endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK. The government h... |
| Apr 27, 2026 | ‘I hope you all get Hebdo’d’: NUJ calls for government and social media companies to act on increasing abuse against journalists | Journalists in the UK and Ireland are increasingly becoming the targets of “shocking” abuse and harassment both online and in-person, restricting their ability to do their work, according to the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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| Apr 2, 2026 | Pete Hegseth’s holy war (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
As Donald Trump’s war with Iran grows more volatile by the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bloodthirst and proselytizing risks spinning the conflagration further out of control.
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| Mar 23, 2026 | Police Scotland Considers Facial Recognition Rollout Amid Human Rights Concerns | The UK Government states that Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology uses live video footage of people passing an LFR camera in a public place and compares their images to a specific list of people wanted by the police (known as a watchli... |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Trump's Global Shake-Up: Allies Reel, NATO Fractures, and a New World Order Emerges | President Trump's relentless pursuit of Greenland has shattered transatlantic unity. His "America First" doctrine profoundly strained the NATO alliance. This audacious move, viewed as unconstitutional and violating internatio... |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Trump claims he ‘won’t use force’ to seize Greenland, but he still may shatter NATO (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
As many as 85 million deaths were caused by World War II, including more than 400,000 U.S. service members. It was the largest and deadliest conflict in history, involving more than 70 countries.
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| Dec 15, 2025 | The UK Has It Wrong On Digital ID. Here’s Why. | In late September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his government’s plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme in the country to take effect before the end of the Parliament (no later than August 2029). The scheme... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Trump Says We’re Just Going To Straight Up Murder A Bunch Of People | Be the Duterte you want to see in the world, I guess.
That’s the new line from Donald Trump, the guy who once told supporters he could personally commit murder and he wouldn’t lose any supporters. He said that last time. He’s president agai... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | SNP Votes to Block Police Scotland’s Facial Recognition Plans | A resolution banning Police Scotland’s unfettered use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) has been passed by the SNP at its annual conference.
The resolution, brought by Erin Lux, opposed the implementation of LFR by the force without legislat... |
| Aug 22, 2025 | President Trump’s War On “Woke AI” Is A Civil Liberties Nightmare | The White House’s recently-unveiled “AI Action Plan” wages war on so-called “woke AI”—including large language models (LLMs) that provide information inconsistent with the administration’s views on climate change, gender, and other issues. ... |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Facial recognition vans rolled out across England in crime crackdown | An additional seven police forces in England will be using ten new live facial recognition (LFR) vans to track suspects wanted for serious crimes, including sexual offences, violent assaults, and homicides.
The rollout, announced by the Hom... |
| Jun 12, 2025 | "The Algorithm Increases Harmful Content's Reach, Raising Exposure and the Risk of Real-world Harm" | CIVICUS speaks with Mercy Mutemi, a Kenyan tech lawyer at Nzili and Sumbi Advocates and legal counsel for petitioners challenging Facebook’s role in hate and violence in Ethiopia.
On 3 April, Kenya’s High Court allowed a landmark lawsuit ag... |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Reporters speak out about ‘climate of fear’ in Northern Ireland amid paramilitary death threats | Journalists in Northern Ireland are facing regular death threats and attacks, with few of the perpetrators prosecuted, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary, has welcomed the repo... |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Amnesty: Gen Z Driven Offline By Toxic ‘Bro’ Culture | A new survey from Amnesty International UK has revealed that widespread online misogyny and the emergence of a toxic ‘bro’ culture is driving Gen Z to abandon social media platforms.
The polling, Toxic Tech: How Misogyny is Shaping Gen Z’s ... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Amnesty: UK Police ‘Automating Racism’ With Crime Prediction Tech | A new report from Amnesty International has revealed what the humanitarian organisation calls ‘dangerous discrimination’ in police prediction technology.
The study, Automated Racism – How Police Data and Algorithms Code Discrimination into ... |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 6 Best VPNs for the UK in 2024 | Best overall VPN for the U.K.: NordVPN Best for unlimited connections: Surfshark Best for number of VPN servers: Private Internet Access Best for torrenting: ExpressVPN Best for travel in Europe: CyberGhost Best open-source VPN: Proton VPN
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| Apr 25, 2023 | What Facebook Does (and Doesn’t) Have to Do with Ethiopia’s Ethnic Violence | In December 2022, the son of slain Ethiopian professor Meareg Amare Abrha was among those who filed a lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook. The constitutional petition, which was filed in Kenya – home to a Meta moderating hub – alleg... |
| Mar 15, 2023 | Saudi money is pouring into Hollywood and media, 5 years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Here's who's cashing in and how. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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Sovereign funds and other entities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are pouring millions into US media and entertainment.
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| Mar 13, 2023 | Iwao Hakamada, world's longest-serving death row inmate and former boxer, to get new trial at age 87 | Tokyo's high court on Monday ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former professional boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades after a murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on a forced confession and fabri... |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Africa: Global - Musk's Latest Move to Suspend Journalists' Accounts On Twitter Is a Threat to Press Freedom | In response to Twitter's decision to suspend the accounts of more than a dozen journalists from CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other outlets, as the company owner Elon Musk accused the reporters of sharing personal i... |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Africa: Global - Twitter's Flippant Decision to Disband Safety Council Will 'Exacerbate Abuse and Harassment' | Responding to Twitter's decision to abruptly dissolve its Trust and Safety Council, an advisory group that includes almost 100 civil, human rights organisations that addressed child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and hate speech on t... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | UN accuses Bangladesh of suppressing environmental activism | Dhaka, Bangladesh – Environmental activist Shahnewaz Chowdhury is currently out on bail. The 37-year-old was arrested in May under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for a Facebook post expressing his concerns about a coal power project in Bans... |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Regional court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania | The regional East African Court of Justice has ruled that Tanzania’s decision to cordon off land for wildlife protection was legal, dealing a blow to the Maasai Indigenous group who had protested against the move, accusing the government of... |
| Mar 25, 2022 | I’m a Black woman and the metaverse scares me. Here’s how to make the next iteration of the internet inclusive | Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies.
For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted suffer from raci... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | The ICC Investigates the Situation in Ukraine: Jurisdiction and Potential Implications | Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, announced on Feb. 28 that his office would open an investigation into potential war crimes stemming from the confli... |
| Aug 14, 2021 | Tears of an Afghan girl facing a grim future under Taliban rule goes viral as UN Secretary-General warns of women’s rights being ‘ripped away’ from them | Afghan women and girls fear for their future as large parts of their country falls under Taliban rule. Masih Alinejad
An emotional video of a tearful Afghan girl has gone viral on Twitter.
The girl faces an uncertain, and likely grim, futur... |
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| May 12, 2021 | No business leader can ignore America's cruel, racist death penalty. People expect the private sector to take a stand. | Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
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| May 12, 2021 | No business leader can ignore America’s cruel, racist death penalty. People expect the private sector to take a stand. | Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
Ex-Unilever CEO Paul Polman calls on business leade... |
| May 11, 2021 | Death toll at 35 as Israel bombardment of Gaza escalates: Live | The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, targeting several areas after rockets were fired from the enclave.
It is the most intense airstrikes in Gaza since the bombardment in 2014.
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| Dec 28, 2020 | Ten Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Facing Trial In Shenzhen | On December 28, 2020, 10 out of the 12 detained Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are facing trial at Shenzhen Yantian People’s Court for charges pertaining to alleged illegal border crossing. The case of the 12 Hong Kongers attracted inter... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Honor Human Rights Day By Protecting The Rohingya | The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the Rohingya refugees into an even more vulnerable situation. ... [+] The Rohingya community faces the challenge of living in overcrowded and flimsy shelters with up to ten or more people in one room. (Ph... |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Turkey’s Government Wants Silicon Valley to Do Its Dirty Work | As civic discussion migrates from the town square to the timeline, the Turkish government is scrambling to assert control over online speech. On Oct. 1, a far-reaching new law restricting internet freedom went into effect in Turkey. The law... |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Why Selling Reaper Drones To UAE Is More Controversial Than F-35s | While the decision to sell F-35 fighter jets to the UAE has attracted considerable attention, some are more concerned about another element of the huge arms deal: the sale of 18 ‘weapons ready’ MQ-9B Reaper drones, a type famous for deliver... |
| Aug 6, 2020 | China Frees a Man Who Spent 27 Years in Jail for Murder He Did Not Commit | Zhang Yuhuan was finally able to reunite with his family on Tuesday, August 4, after serving a 27-year prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit—the longest such sentence in China for a wrongfully convicted person.
Zhang, 53, was wrongfu... |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Twitter Debuts Audio Tweets That No One Asked For | Twitter announced today that it would be adding a new feature to the popular social media platform that still doesn't address the rampant harassment on the website: audio tweets!
Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has changed dramatical... |
| Jun 3, 2019 | A look at the many ways China suppresses online discourse about the Tiananmen Square protests | Every year before the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, the Chinese government begins to exert even more control over what information people can access online. This year is the 30th anniversary of the day the protests... |
| May 14, 2019 | WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to be installed on smartphones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has confirmed a vulnerability that allowed hackers to install spyware on smartphones.
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| May 14, 2019 | WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to be installed on smartphones | Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has confirmed a vulnerability that allowed hackers to install spyware on smartphones.
While WhatsApp began life as a simple messaging app, it has expanded into all manner of communications — including... |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Cambridge hosts human rights and climate change Amnesty conference | Cambridge hosts human rights and climate change Amnesty conference
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This Saturday (23 March), an Amnesty International UK conference exploring the effects of climate change on human rights will take place in Cambridge.
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| Jan 21, 2019 | Survivors claim Chechen authorities rape LGBT prisoners with electric shock sticks | Chechen authorities are torturing women from the country’s LGBT community, with some victims subjected to rape with the electric shock stick, the Russian LGBT Network said Monday. This follows recent reports that gay men in Chechnya were be... |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Twitter Harassment of Woman Journalists and Politicians Happens Every 30 Seconds, Study Finds | There have been several times in my career when I’ve had to turn my phone off to stop it from overheating from Twitter notifications—all spewing vitriol about something I’ve written, ranging from telling me I’m an embarrassment to journalis... |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Venezuela: A Refugee Crisis in for the Long Haul | For the past two years, the Trump administration has focused on slashing the number of refugees entering the United States, dropping the cap from 85,000 in 2016 to just 30,000 for 2019. These efforts have singled out top-sending—and predomi... |
| Aug 7, 2018 | Saudi Arabia Responds to Human Rights Criticism by Expelling Canadian Ambassador | Saudi Arabia Expels Canadian Ambassador After Accusing Her of Interfering in Saudi Politics
Saudi Arabia picked a fight this week with Canada in response to the Canadian ambassador’s criticism of the kingdom’s imprisonment of activists and ... |
| Oct 17, 2015 | US State Department Urges Turkey to 'Uphold Democratic Values' in Case of Jailed VICE News Journalist | The US State Department has called on Turkey to uphold due process in the case of a VICE News journalist who has been jailed in Turkey since August 27.
Mohammed Ismael Rasool was detained along with two other VICE News journalists while the... |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Dismaland Artists Are Protesting the World's Largest Arms Exhibition | This article originally appeared on VICE UK
You may or may not have noticed, on your trip to and from work this morning or the day before, some unusual posters in the advertising space usually reserved for city break deals, West End theater... |
| Jul 2, 2015 | UK government illegally spied on Amnesty International | A court has revealed that the UK intelligence agency, GCHQ, illegally spied on human rights organization Amnesty International. It is an allegation that the agency had previously denied, but an email from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal b... |
| Mar 11, 2015 | Dutch court suspends metadata surveillance law over privacy | When Europe’s highest court struck down the EU’s Data Retention Directive, it didn’t invalidate EU countries’ national metadata snooping laws — but it did set a handy precedent.
On Wednesday, a court in the Hague suspended the Dutch data re... |
| Nov 30, 2014 | More on Passport Revocation and Temporary Exclusion: The New Counter-Terrorism Bill in the U.K. | The United Kingdom’s Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, HC Bill 127, had its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 26. The Bill has been published at a time when the British Home Secretary has described “the threat ... |
| Nov 20, 2014 | Amnesty, EFF, Privacy International Put Out Free Anti-Surveillance Tool | Resistance is digital. Human rights charity Amnesty International is one of several organizations behind the release of a free, open source anti-surveillance tool called Detekt.
Other partners include Privacy International and digital priva... |
| Dec 17, 2013 | UK Government Is Working In A Snowden-Free Bubble | Anyone who took the time to read the UK government’s latest update on its cybersecurity strategy could be forgiven for thinking that a man called Edward Snowden never existed. |
| Apr 24, 2013 | Secret Courts Could Destroy British Justice | A law is being passed that could potentially haul Britain’s judicial system back into the dark ages. It’s called The Justice and Security Bill – set to become effective on the 8th of May – and will give judges the power to deny those on tri... |
| Nov 27, 2012 | Debate on the Human Rights Act: Protecting us all or just the undeserving? | Debate on the Human Rights Act: Protecting us all or just the undeserving?
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Amnesty International Cambridge City group is hosting a public debate on the Human Rights Act. Putting forward the motion “The UK Human Rights Act is Good... |
| May 11, 2012 | Amnesty International malware attack: when bad things happen on good sites | Lurking in the shadows, malicious code on this Amnesty International site installed malware on unpatched computers.
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| The 2022 Summit of the Americas: An embarrassment for Biden | From June 6 to 10 Los Angeles will host the “Summit of the Americas,” with the basic goal of strengthening hemispheric solidarity. At a time when Washington is increasingly involved in supporting the war in Ukraine, and fending off Chinese ... |
| Jailed British-Egyptian activist escalates hunger strike by refusing water as COP27 gets underway | Amnesty International chief Agnes Callamard said on Sunday that authorities had less than three days to save Alaa Abdel-Fattah's life.
The warning comes amid growing fears over the deteriorating health of one of Egypt's leading ri... |
| The Philippines has reversed threat to end key defense deal with the US, but the deal still may not be safe | US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, July 29, 2021. Robinson Ninal/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP
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| Syrians struggle to survive in ‘no man’s land’ desert camp | The Syrian government and its Russian backers have tightened their blockade on Rukban camp, a makeshift settlement housing about 10,000 internally displaced Syrians in the arid “no man’s land” between the Jordanian, Iraqi, and Syrian border... |
| Защита репутации или перестройка экономики? Сколько Саудовская Аравия инвестирует в спорт и зачем ей это нужно | В начале декабря многие европейские СМИ распространили слухи о возможном переходе форварда сборной Португалии Криштиану Роналду в саудовский клуб «Аль-Наср». Хотя эти сообщения и были опровергнуты, очевидно, что Саудовская Аравия готова тра... |
| Press freedom is under attack in Indonesia | Journalist Muhammad Asrul is awaiting word from Indonesia’s Supreme Court about whether he will spend further time behind bars for reporting on corruption issues. The decision will have a profound impact not only on his life but also on pre... |
| When will Israel stop torturing Palestinian prisoners? | On June 15, 2016, Israeli forces arrested Mohammed El-Halabi, the director of the Gaza branch of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian aid organisation. Mohammed was accused of funnelling money from World Vision to resistance groups in Gaz... |
| Russia is quietly trying to extend Putin critic Alexei Navalny's sentence by 15 years as the world fixates on Ukraine | Alexei Navalny during his trial on February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Kaminev
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A Russian court sentenced Navalny to 32 months in prison last year for missing parole.
Russian prosecutors have now accused him of embezzling money from ... |
