Amnesty International today called on the Cameroon authorities to immediately release three students each sentenced to 10 years in prison for sharing a joke via text about Boko Haram. The appeal...

After months of anticipation, Give a Home for Human Rights takes place today. The global refugee concert series created by Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds will see 1000 artists perform 300...

Two leading Palestinian activists currently facing criminal charges for their peaceful protests against Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian territory will be attending an event in London next...

Reacting to today’s speech by Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the crisis in Rakhine State, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia...

442 convicted after ‘sham’ proceedings, with sentences ranging from five years to life The acquittal of young Irish national Ibrahim Halawa by a court in Egypt has been welcomed, though Amnesty...

More Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in the space of three weeks than the total number of people who fled by sea to Europe in 2016 Worldwide situation goes from bad to worse as rich...

More than 80 large-scale burning sites detected in Rakhine State in past three weeks Testimonies show attacks were planned, deliberate and systematic, with army using petrol or rocket launchers...

65 peaceful protests blocked in two years and more than 10 critical websites banned “Sinister role” of the Chadian security forces must be stopped Documented use of threatening anonymous phone calls...

The Peruvian government is neglecting the health of hundreds of Indigenous people whose only sources of water are contaminated by toxic metals and who lack access to adequate healthcare, Amnesty...

Media reports suggest government intends to strip tax benefit from Amnesty as punishment for its settlement goods campaign ‘Taking punitive action against Amnesty International over its settlements...