Lawyer Mahienour el-Massry is one of numerous human rights defenders under attack from the Egyptian authorities ‘Rare moments of justice like this offer a glimmer of hope to the thousands of other...

Call on Huthi authorities to release other prisoners of conscience ‘Since 2016, Yemen has witnessed a surge in arbitrary arrests, detentions and enforced disappearances by Huthi forces’ - Samah Hadid...

Responding to an announcement by the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry today that it intends to repatriate all Rohingya refugees within two years, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for...

Ahed, who is due in court today, faces possible ten-year jail sentence ‘The footage of this incident shows that she posed no actual threat and that her punishment is blatantly disproportionate’ -...

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli was sentenced to six years in prison today, following his arrest on trumped-up charges in Azerbaijan. Mukhtarli fled from Azerbaijan to Georgia in 2014 following fear of...

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty that protester Khomsi el-Yerfeni, who died during Monday’s protest, was run over twice by a police car 'Unrest on Tunisia’s streets must not give the police a green...

41 detainees still at camp, including Toffiq al-Bihani, a Yemeni man held without charge or trial since early 2003 ‘This abominable detention facility must be shut down once and for all’ - Erika...

Fresh call for UN Fact-Finding Mission to be given access to country ‘Such behaviour shows a contempt for human life which is simply beyond comprehension’ - James Gomez Following today’s admission by...

‘If implemented properly, this long-overdue reform will spare hundreds from the gallows’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to news that Iran will implement amended drugs laws and remove capital...

The attacks on Taha Siddiqui and other Pakistani journalists must be immediately and effectively investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International said today. Taha Siddiqui was driving to...