There are at least 97 prisoners of conscience languishing in jails in Vietnam, many of whom are kept incommunicado in squalid conditions and routinely subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, new...

The Russian authorities have failed to take effective action in response to the violent persecution of gay men in Chechnya, Amnesty International said today, one year after a series of homophobic...

Today, the Lower House of the Malaysian parliament approved a bill criminalizing ‘fake news’. Those found guilty under the bill could face fines of up to £87,000 (500,000 ringgit) and a maximum of six...

Amnesty calls for death threat to be lifted Amnesty International has condemned a death threat made against a Northern Ireland journalist, reportedly made by loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster...

Initiative comes ahead of comedy event with Al Murray, Shappi Khorsdani, Mark Steel and Sara Pascoe marking two years of detention ‘Laughter is a kind of freedom’ - Richard Ratcliffe Ahead of a comedy...

Mock job advert, an arch publicity notice and an ironic video satirise Saudi claims over women’s rights and supposed changes in the Kingdom Amnesty takes out ‘ad’ in The Economist magazine rebutting...

Pictures of the winners and the ceremony will be uploaded here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmd4Ciw9 The winners of Amnesty International UK’s prestigious Media Awards 2018 have…

‘For too long we have observed a lack of action by the Russian authorities in response to attacks’ - Denis Krivosheev Today’s brutal assault on Sirazhutdin Datsiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre...

Responding to the appointment of Win Myint as the new President of Myanmar, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia,said: “The Myanmar authorities should use the appointment...

Campaigners for marriage equality in Northern Ireland today handed in a petition signed by more than 46,000 people to Downing Street. The petition, organised by Amnesty International, Love Equality NI...