All news on the topic: Amnesty International

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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’
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Inside the world’s 10 worst prisons from cannibal lags to locked up 11-year-olds
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The world's worst prisons include Camp 14 Kaechon in North Korea in which inmates as young as 11 are forced into labour and Gldani Prison in Georgia where guards were exposed for rape
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Home Office staff get £14.4m bonuses despite string of failings
The Home Office has had public failures including its inability to get a grip on the small boats crisis, including the shambles of its flagship policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
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David Beckham faces fresh criticism after backing Qatar during World Cup
David Beckham said he was 'proud' of his role as ambassador for the Qatar World Cup last year - but Amnesty International's Sacha Deshmukh criticised the football legend
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Newcastle vs PSG is a proxy for Gulf states' wider battle for supremacy
Saudi-owned Premier League side meet Ligue 1 giants run by Qatar at St James' Park this evening to prove football really is more than a game
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Newcastle slammed by former PL rival for 'losing its soul' with Saudi stance
In an explosive critique of modern day ownership and oil rich states buying into football, Sunderland's former chairman says Newcastle’s risks becoming “tarnished” for generations
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Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years
Saridewi Djamani is due to be hanged Friday after she was also convicted and sentenced for trafficking heroin and the last woman known to have been hanged in Singapore was in 2004
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Newcastle face sportswashing allegations over new £25m-a-year sponsorship deal
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) have held an 80% stake in Newcastle since October 2021, with the club continually facing allegations of being a vehicle for sportswashing
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Gary Lineker set to receive award in wake of BBC row over Match of the Day
The BBC took Gary Lineker off air - only to reinstate him a few days later - after the former footballer criticised the government's use of language towards refugees
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Norman plays down LIV sportswashing claims insisting he is 'focussing on golf'
Since forming last summer LIV Golf has been criticised for its involvement with the Saudi Arabian government, but CEO Greg Norman is looking to keep the focus on the action on the course
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DeChambeau addresses "inaccurate" LIV Golf claims that players "talked about"
A number of LIV Golf's critics have labelled the league a cog in the sportswashing machine of Saudi Arabia, but American star Bryson DeChambeau has hit back at the claims
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Debunking Newcastle and Man Utd takeover theories and deciphering the changes
In a week where the Premier League refused to say if Newcastle's owners are being investigated, there were more warnings against Manchester United's potential takeover from a Qatari group
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Premier League toughen rules on club ownership ahead of Man Utd takeover
Manchester United are in the midst of a club sale as the Premier League has decided to crackdown on club owners and directors with a new ban
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Russian commander who ordered Mariupol theatre bombing where 700 died unmasked
A group called Ukrainian Cyber Resistance name 41-year-old Colonel Sergei Atroshchenko as responsible for the bombing of Mariupol theatre in which up to 700 died
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Inside Abu Ghraib prison where US tortured Iraqi detainees in horror war crimes
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: On March 20, 2004, the US and UK Coalition invaded Iraq on the false belief that dictator Saddam Hussein was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them on his own people
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World Cup to have 40 extra games and new format as FIFA make unpopular changes
Fifa will confirm the plans for 48-team tournament in 2026 at a council meeting today ahead of annual congress in Rwanda
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Infantino under fresh pressure over Qatar compensation ahead of FIFA congress
Amnesty International has delivered a petition with more than a million signatures ahead of Thursday meeting in Rwanda following criticism that Fifa is yet to specify details around "legacy fund"
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Amanda Staveley on calls to investigate Newcastle's Saudi owners and Man Utd bid
Newcastle United's takeover by Saudi Arabaia's Public Investment Fund is back under the spotlight after a claim in a US court case surrounding the LIV Golf tour
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Premier League urged to reinvestigate Newcastle owners amid damning new evidence
Court submission described club's chairman as "sitting minister" in Saudi Arabia government despite Premier League previously insisting it had received legally-binding assurances that there was separation between PIF and the state
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Saudi Arabia targets Man Utd takeover in late swoop to rival Qatar and Ratcliffe
The Glazers have set a deadline of Friday to receive outright takeover offers, with British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far the only confirmed bidder for United
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UK's anti-terror programme failing to tackle 'non-violent Islamist extremism'
Suella Braverman said 'major reform' is needed of the controversial Prevent programme after a long-delayed review. But Amnesty International said it was 'riddled with biased thinking, errors, and plain anti-Muslim prejduice'
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Labour MP apologises for branding Israeli government 'fascist' in Parliament
Kim Johnson's remark was branded "completely unacceptable" by Keir Starmer's official spokesman, and she is expected to be spoken to by the party's chief whip
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Faces of condemned as Iranian freedom protests face execution or death
Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Bambos Charalambous gave just a snapshot of the estimated 18,000 arrested since the Mahsa Amini protests began last September
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Iran executes two men as brutal crackdown on widespread protests continue
The Iranian government is cracking down on the anti-regime protesters who erupted in civil unrest after morality police fatally beat a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab "improperly"
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Ronaldo told to "use voice for good" by sister of Saudi Arabia torture victim
Cristiano Ronaldo, who has landed a deal worth £172milion a year in the oil-rich nation, has a moral duty, campaigners have stressed
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