Church or ministers won't have to provide same-sex marriage in the North under proposed law
Amnesty International said: “If a church wishes to offer weddings to same-sex couples of faith, then the law should not get in the way.”
Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
Amnesty International said: “If a church wishes to offer weddings to same-sex couples of faith, then the law should not get in the way.”
The government banned the most lethal types of semi-automatic weapons after a gunman killed 51 worshippers at two mosques.
The bill passed by parliament also closes the door on investigating and punishing security forces involved in repressing the protests.
A new report said some leaders are using “bully tactics” to “demonise and persecute” vulnerable people.
The donation was for Amnesty’s ‘My Body, My Rights’ campaign which sought a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
An Amnesty International report has expressed concern about how women and children are sexually exploited.
Most executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan – in that order.
The North’s abortion laws are considered some of the most severe in the world, according to Amnesty.
The case involves the alleged torture and ill-treatment of 14 men who were interned in the North in 1971.
The organisation is seeking legal advice about an ongoing dispute over a €137,000 grant it received.
The law bans any foreign donations that aren’t from an Irish citizen who resides outside the island.
The 21-year-old spent more than four years in jail.
“The evidence is irrefutable,” Amnesty said.
Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International Ireland says the report shows that the women are being forgotten.
The Obama-era programme is being rescinded.
The next hearing will be on 25 July.
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
Theresa May is talking about ‘ripping up’ human rights laws – so how important is it that she doesn’t?
Now aged 21, Halawa has spent almost four years in jail.
Xie Yang, who was arrested in 2015, pleaded guilty to charges of “inciting subversion of state power”.
“We’re talking about incisions being made to sensitive tissue, with life-long consequences, all because of stereotypes about what a boy or girl should look like.”
The new laws criminalise the purchase of sexual services in Ireland.
The Amnesty report called it a “murderous war on the poor”.
The plans come in the wake of three serious stabbings in the last four weeks.
The investigation claims to show a wide range of abuses.
The human rights group has said more must be done to tackle what is fast-becoming another out-of-control refugee crisis.
Many people witnessed prisoners dying in custody and some described being held in cells alongside dead bodies.
The number of people being detained in the wake of the attempted coup has surged above 13,000.
A new report shows that hundreds of students, political activists and protesters have vanished.
Mexican women have suffered abuse at the hands of police, army and navy forces after their (often unjustified) arrests.
Amnesty International is also not happy with the Republican’s comments.
A new Amnesty report accuses the Gulf state of exploiting workers as it prepares for the 2022 tournament.
Under the deal, all new irregular migrants arriving in Greece will be sent back to Turkey.
The human rights organisation has accused Apple and Samsung, among others, of failing to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products.
Obama has criticised “shameful” calls to screen the refugees based on their religion.
They are aged just 15 and 23 years old.
A recent survey shows most people in Ireland want the grounds for legal access to abortion to be widened.
Last week Amnesty International called for a more liberal abortion regime in Ireland.
“One woman told us how she was calculating how to throw herself in front of a truck or which bridge to jump off.”