“There’s no doubt that the downgrading of human rights by this government is a gift to dictators the world over” – Kate Allen Amnesty’s UK Director

“The last year has been marked by failure to deliver on key human rights issues facing Northern Ireland” – Patrick Corrigan

UK companies, including BT and Vodafone, may be getting away with human rights abuses abroad because the government’s system of handling complaints against them is grossly inadequate, Amnesty

Today the last imprisoned member of the ‘Angola 3’, Albert Woodfox, was released after more than four decades in solitary confinement, on his 69 th birthday in a move Amnesty

‘Turkey’s highly selective practice is appalling’ - Tirana Hassan

‘Turkey’s highly selective practice is appalling’ - Tirana Hassan

‘For Iraqi courts to hand down 92 death sentences in just six weeks is a grim indicator of the current state of justice in the country’ - James Lynch

‘The El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence provides a lifeline to hundreds of victims of torture’ - Said Boumedouha

Attacks on at least two medical facilities in Syria today are just the latest of scores of apparently deliberate attacks on hospitals, clinics and medical personnel being committed in flagrant viol