Amnesty International is today calling for improved training for police into how to deal with hate crime and for a review of the hate crime legal framework as it publishes a new briefing ‘Against Hate...

“I am one hundred percent behind the fight for marriage equality in Northern Ireland. ” – Neil Hannon Northern Ireland music legend Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy is backing the campaign for...

Responding to announcements in today’s Queen’s Speech that the Government’s EU Repeal Bill would “maximise legal certainty for individuals” while a new bill dealing with domestic violence would be...

The arrests of at least 19 people for celebrating the Pakistan cricket team’s victory over India in the final of a major tournament is another worrying sign of the erosion of freedom of expression in...

Amnesty International can reveal the “shocking” horrors faced by tens of thousands of civilians in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region as they were forcibly displaced by government forces between January...

European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia had discriminated against three gay rights activists who opposed country’s 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law Responding to a European Court of Human Rights...

Jessie Ware, Rudimental, Kate Tempest and Hot Chip will be among musicians holding gigs in people’s homes across the UK in September as part of a first-of-its-kind global day of concerts to unite...

Two books that address the global refugee crisis have won the Amnesty CILIP Honour, an additional commendation attached to the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals for outstanding children’s...

People left without information as ‘hotlines’ go unanswered, or provide no help or information ‘The situation that people across the Gulf have been placed in shows utter contempt for human dignity’ -...

Rich countries are failing in their obligation to help Uganda support thousands of refugees fleeing torture, killings, rape and other human rights violations in South Sudan, said Amnesty International...