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Amnesty International

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Amnesty International
Abuse on Twitter: Women of colour 34% more likely than white women to be targeted
18 Dec 2018
5.5k
22
Rights Today
Rise of 'tough guy' world leaders 'mirrors the rise of fascism in the 1930s'
10 Dec 2018
21.3k
65
Private Members' Bill
'Give us choice': Irish actors call on Theresa May to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland
21 Nov 2018
7.7k
21
ambassador of conscience
Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour
12 Nov 2018
25.4k
42
Gay Rights
Diplomatic pressure results in Tanzania stating anti-gay crackdown is not government policy
6 Nov 2018
8.9k
4
Funding
Sipo's order that Amnesty should return €137,000 grant is quashed after High Court appeal
31 Jul 2018
21.0k
73
another lick on the wall
Maser's Repeal the 8th mural is back up in Temple Bar (and it won’t come down this time)
27 Apr 2018
23.4k
273
Amnesty International
Iraqi women suspected of IS links being sexually exploited and refused aid
17 Apr 2018
12.4k
15
Death Penalty
Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
12 Apr 2018
21.6k
65
Referendum
Harris takes his message to Moore Street: 'Men need to talk to the women in their lives about the Eighth Amendment'
10 Apr 2018
14.4k
165
Amnesty International
Amnesty launches case challenging standards watchdog's order that it return €137,000
12 Feb 2018
8.0k
Donation
Open Society says Sipo may have relied on stolen documents to make Amnesty donation decision
21 Dec 2017
9.0k
60
Amnesty International
Rohingya crisis: 'We would be better in prison because at least we would have food'
21 Nov 2017
5.9k
16
amnesty survey
'Imagine getting rape threats when you open an app': The toll of online abuse on women
20 Nov 2017
10.4k
66
the eighth
People were polled with the same questions as the Citizens' Assembly. Here's what they said
1 Nov 2017
16.6k
91
migrant crisis
Young people's welcoming attitude towards refugees 'shows governments are out of touch'
28 Aug 2017
14.0k
146
Boko Haram
'They beat me with an electric cable, while throwing water on me at the same time'
20 Jul 2017
15.3k
11
migrant crisis
Deaths and abuse of migrants 'clearly linked' to EU policies, says Amnesty
6 Jul 2017
9.4k
50
Egypt
Ibrahim Halawa's trial suspended for 25th time - but could the next hearing be the last?
4 Jul 2017
26.8k
112
South Sudan
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
4 Jul 2017
56.7k
59
China
Nobel Peace Prize winner released from Chinese prison after 8 years with late-stage cancer
26 Jun 2017
12.3k
7
LOST IN TRANSIT
'It is just reckless': US army lost track of $1bn worth of arms and military equipment in Middle East
24 May 2017
20.1k
50
new world order
'Hate and fear' by Trump, Duterte and others is bringing the world back to the 1930s, says Amnesty
22 Feb 2017
16.5k
87
War
Assad says defending Syria is more important than UN action against him
7 Feb 2017
7.4k
47
inhuman conditions
This is the before and after picture of a man who survived Syria's 'human slaughterhouse'
7 Feb 2017
36.2k
55
Drug War
Philippines police 'being paid to kill drug dealers' says report
1 Feb 2017
10.8k
45
Ibrahim Halawa
TDs to travel to Egypt tomorrow to meet with Ibrahim Halawa and Egyptian government
8 Jan 2017
25.4k
147
russian tycoon
Dublin court unfreezes €100 million worth of Russian tycoon's assets after five year battle
7 Dec 2016
22.7k
26
hotspot
Italy's 'get tough' approach to refugees leading to unlawful expulsions, ill-treatment - report
3 Nov 2016
12.6k
57
Women's Health
Six in ten people want abortion to be decriminalised in Northern Ireland
18 Oct 2016
5.9k
12
Released
Free after 110 days: Irish citizen released from Iranian prison
26 Sep 2016
17.9k
26
five years of war
'The blood was like a river': Syrian people speak of horrific torture they endured in prison
18 Aug 2016
19.3k
100
Amnesty International
Hundreds of adults and children 'disappeared and tortured by Egyptian authorities'
13 Jul 2016
10.0k
22
Abortion stance
Paschal Donohoe says there will be a referendum on abortion in the coming years
12 May 2016
13.7k
158
held without charge
"It was a truly shocking sight – hundreds of human beings packed together like sardines in a tin"
4 May 2016
18.7k
25
child marriage
'Two weeks ago my dad married me to a 70-year-old man who already has five wives'
26 Apr 2016
37.3k
39
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
Amnesty calls latest abortion pills case a 'grotesque spectacle'
6 Apr 2016
15.5k
Death Penalty
50% more people were executed last year than in 2014
6 Apr 2016
10.2k
42
Government Buildings
Two-week protest on the doorstep of power will aim to push abortion issue
29 Mar 2016
13.8k
264
migrant crisis
'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees
7 Mar 2016
25.7k
105
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