Eight hundred years since Magna Carta, a commemorative garden will mark the historic anniversary at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, at a time when modern-day human rights protections are

Azerbaijan must immediately and unconditionally release all government critics unfairly imprisoned if the European Games are to leave a positive legacy, Amnesty International said today ahead of th

‘There are concrete actions the UN can and should take to reduce and deter violations against civilians’ - Philip Luther

‘Same sex couples in every part of the UK should have an equal right to marry the person they love’ - Gráinne Teggart

‘To take a man’s life in this way is the politics of the gutter’ - Hiroka Shoji

Amnesty International has said Cardinal Seán Brady was part of a conspiracy of silence on clerical child abuse which ran from top to bottom in the Catholic Church in Ireland.

A sharp increase in refugees arriving on Greece’s Aegean islands is pushing an already faltering reception system to breaking point and is symptomatic of a failure by Europe’s leaders t

‘Where else would you get gentle exercise and grotesque torture all in one package?’ - Dan Jones

The Armenian authorities must urgently launch a thorough investigation into allegations that police used excessive force – including dousing people with water cannon – to disperse a mai

‘This report marks an important step towards accountability for all the victims and their families’ - Philip Luther