Second reading of ‘slapping bill’ tomorrow condemned

As Adama Barrow is scheduled to be inaugurated in Senegal this afternoon, Sabrina Mahtani, Amnesty Internat

‘The law must stop treat ing Northern Ireland w o me n who need abortion s as criminal s ’ - Patrick Corrigan

Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch Joint Press Release Soldiers arbitrarily detained as political crisis deepens

Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments, with mixed-gender parties targeted

“The politics of fear should have no place in 2017” A rally will be held in Belfast on Saturday 21 January, as part of a wave of international action timed to take place on the first day of Donald Trump’s US…

With less than a week left in his term, President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning today.

Brazil’s chaotic prison system is in crisis with more than 120 inmate deaths reported since 1 January, Amnesty International said today after the confirmation of a further 26 killings inside

The UK is leading a Europe-wide “race to the bottom” with Orwellian counter-terrorism measures that seriously threaten human rights, Amnesty International warned today (17 January) as i