New measures allowing women in England to take abortion pills at home as part of Covid-19 response were published and then withdrawn last week Department of Health has confirmed new guidelines now...

Viktor Orbán's Government can rule by decree People could face five years in jail for infringing sweeping new powers 'This bill creates an indefinite and uncontrolled state of emergency' - David Vig...

Following moves by governments in Northern Ireland and Scotland to consider the early release of some prisoners as part of coronavirus prevention measures , Amnesty International UK is calling on the...

Coronavirus putting increasing strain on specialist domestic abuse services which are ‘falling apart at the seams’ and already ‘having to close doors’ Domestic abuse services and human rights...

Amnesty and a number of other organisations have released a joint statement Calls on Turkish government to release innocent prisoners as well as those vulnerable to the virus, including the elderly...

Responding to news that the British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her temporary release from Tehran’s Evin Prison extended by two weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak, Kate Allen, Amnesty...

People could face five years in jail for infringing sweeping new powers Viktor Orbán has previously curtailed human rights and stoked hostility towards marginalised groups ‘This new law must not...

Coronavirus could sweep through squalid prisons and drug ‘rehabilitation’ centres Country’s largest jail five times over capacity, with prisoners sleeping on their sides Authorities reportedly...

As Texas moves to aggressively roll back abortion rights as part of its coronavirus response, Amnesty International USA warns against using the pandemic as a cover for an anti-human rights agenda...

Amid reports of severe ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment for NHS and health workers responding to Covid-19, Amnesty International UK is urging the Government to ensure good-quality...