Responding to the public flogging of three women and 11 men on Wednesday (23 November) on the orders of a Taliban court on charges of theft and moral crimes in Logar province of Afghanistan, Samira...

Human Rights Council in Geneva agrees to creation of a fact-finding mission Iranian authorities have ignored repeated past calls to open criminal investigations ‘The cries of people in Iran for...

Latest Home Office figures show large increase in backlog of asylum applications Call for ‘complete overhaul’ of asylum policy and abandonment of Rwanda deal ‘ The totally unacceptable asylum backlog...

Journalists targeted to deny Russian people information about opposition to war in Ukraine Hundreds of journalists have left the county is mass exodus ‘Police are increasingly acting arbitrarily to...

Government policies are causing thousands of people to be denied housing Amnesty is calling for destructive, subjective criteria to be scrapped 'Housing is a human right, not a luxury and it needs to...

McAnespie family and Amnesty International to hold press conference outside Laganside Courthouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland Verdict expected on Friday 25 November at 11am Judgment comes in same week...

Convictions of four human rights defenders, on trial since 2017, quashed by Turkey’s highest court Defendants include Taner Kılıç, Amnesty Turkey’s Honorary Chair, and Idil Eser, Amnesty Turkey’s...

Responding to FIFA’s threats to sanction players who planned to wear ‘One Love’ armbands to show support for the LGBTI community, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social...

Responding to Gianni Infantino’s recent comments, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice said: “In brushing aside legitimate human rights criticisms, Gianni...

US Department of Justice has submitted documents arguing Mohammed bin Salman is immune from legal action because of his prime ministerial status Hatice Cengiz is seeking redress in US courts for her...