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The UK High Court Wednesday allowed a case against the UK government for its continued use of the PPE manufacturer Supermax to go forward. All the Citizens, represented by UK law firm, Wilson Solicito...

12 February 2021, 12:10 UTC The UK Supreme Court has today ruled in favour of two Niger Delta communities who are seeking justice for environmental damage caused by Shell (Okpabi et al vs Royal Dutch Shell et al). The Court found that the Ogale and Bille communities can bring their legal claims for clean-up and compensation against Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS) and its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). The ruling sets an important precedent for holdin...

In 2015, 40,000 people from the Ogale and Bille communities of the Niger Delta began legal action against Shell in the UK, alleging serious harm to their human rights and wellbeing © Amnesty International Court ruled in favour of two Niger Delta communities who are seeking justice for environmental damage caused by Shell ‘The fight is not yet won, but this ruling is an important step towards justice’ - Mark Dummett The UK Supreme Court has today ruled in favour of two Niger Delta commun...

Ongoing tear gas misuse leading to protesters’ deaths and injuries Website details more than 100 incidents in 31 countries and territories “The ongoing misuse of tear gas by police forces around the world is reckless and dangerous” – Patrick Wilcken Amnesty International has today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the second half of 2020, including during protests around the election in Uganda, the Black Lives Matter movement in...

Amnesty says governments overstep in enforcing Covid-19 regulations Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Health|SECURITY|Operations Sponsored by 18th December 2020 Human rights organisation Amnesty I...

Police arresting a protester in Madrid, Spain, after violent clashes during a protest against the new measures to stop the spread of coronavirus © Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket/Getty In Dominican Republic - 85,000 people detained in three-month period Rubber bullets fired at people ‘loitering’ on streets during lockdown in South Africa ‘Security forces all over the world are widely violating international law during the pandemic’ - Patrick Wilcken Abusive policing to combat COVID-19 ha...

17 December 2020, 00:01 UTC Abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement COVID-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some instances made the health crisis worse, Amnesty International said today.  In a new briefing,  COVID-19 Crackdowns: Police Abuse and the Global Pandemic, the organization documented cases in 60 countries where law enforcement agencies committed human rights abuses in the name of tackling the virus. This includes cases...

Coronavirus pandemic being used as pretext for rights abuses: Amnesty International By Chad Williams Share Cape Town – Human rights organisation Amnesty International says that governments abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement Covid-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some instances made the health crisis worse. In a report released on Thursday, the organisation documented cases in 60 countries where law enforcement agencies committed human...