‘Women and girls who have abortions are not criminals and the law should not treat them as such’ - Grainne Teggart Belfast City Council will tonight debate a motion on the increasing number of women...

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty has praised the #MeToo movement as a powerful example of human rights activism. Mr Shetty said the global protest against sexual harassment showed...

Amnesty International has again called on the government of Bangladesh to uphold its commitment that Rohingya refugees are only returned to Myanmar in conditions that are safe, voluntary and dignified...

Activists will hold a vigil outside the Russian Embassy in central London on Saturday 7 April to honour the lives lost and call on the Russian authorities to fully investigate disturbing reports of a...

Taner Kılıç says solidarity actions “have lifted my spirits” in letter from prison “No evidence has been presented by the prosecution to substantiate the absurd charges against Taner” – Gauri van...

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...