As US President Donald Trump prepares to meet leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines capital of Manila on 12 and 13 November, Amnesty is calling on him...

‘This is FIFA’s own independent human rights advisory board telling it to take a clear position on Qatar’s laws’ - James Lynch The world football body FIFA should act immediately on a series of...

“Expressing an opinion in a tweet is not a crime” - Cousin Zilala In response to a Zimbabwean court’s decision to grant bail to Martha O’Donovan, a US citizen who was detained last week after being...

Responding to a notice issued by Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities this morning at the Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island stating that refugees must leave the centre by November 11 or be...

‘Deeply discriminatory’ bill comes after rainbow flag LGBTI crackdown, with at least 75 arrested Those convicted could be jailed for 15 years Authorities could publicly ‘shame’ those jailed by...

The death yesterday of Chinese writer and government critic Yang Tongyan underlines an alarming lack of accountability over the deaths of activists released on medical parole, Amnesty International...

Responding to news that Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, will formally apologise to gay men convicted of sexual offences that are no longer illegal, Kate Nevens, Amnesty International’s...

Critical services - including food, water and medical treatment - must be restored to the more than 600 refugees and vulnerable men inside Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island before a major...

The European Court of Human Rights will hear a landmark case on surveillance tomorrow (7 November) as part of a challenge to the lawfulness of the UK’s surveillance laws and its intelligence agencies’...

‘We’re calling for a much more robust response from the authorities’ - Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland appears to be “in the midst of a hate crime epidemic” after a series of racist hate crimes were...