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UN Security Council should impose sanctions after hospital attacks in Aleppo

‘Nothing can justify deliberate attacks on hospitals carrying out their humanitarian function’ - Magdalena Mughrabi

Qatar: conviction of three Filipinos despite torture allegations strongly condemned

‘This case speaks volumes about the sincerity of the government’s stated commitment to extend justice to migrant workers’ - James Lynch

Campaigners call for release of vulnerable British businessman jailed in Iran

‘We don’t understand why he hasn’t been released, nor why he was arrested in the first place’ - Kamal Foroughi’s son Kamran

Iraq: 1,000 detainees held in 'shocking' conditions in makeshift holding centres in Anbar

‘It was a truly shocking sight - hundreds of human beings packed together like sardines in a tin’ - Salil Shetty

World Press Freedom Day: Journalists under attack just for doing their job

On World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Amnesty International is shining a light on nine cases of journalists from across the globe who have been harassed, threatened, locked up and tortured in a bruta

Amnesty celebrates 25 years of human rights Media Awards and invites journalists, film-makers and photojournalists to enter

For the 25th year running, Amnesty International invites journalists, editors, film-makers and photographers who have captured a powerful human rights story in the past year to

North Korea: US citizen sentenced to hard labour is latest 'politically-motivated' case

‘This entire trial has been shrouded in secrecy’ - Arnold Fang

Australia, Nauru camp: Refugee death after setting himself on fire shows system must end

‘The desperate actions of this refugee underscore the perilous circumstances found in offshore processing centres run by the Australian government’ – Champa Patel

USA's Kunduz hospital bombing: An independent investigation still needed

The US Department of Defense is set to release the findings from its investigation into the US bombing of an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan in October which killed 42 and injured 43, including