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Armenia/Azerbaijan: Decapitation and war crimes in gruesome videos must be urgently investigated

Amnesty confirms war crimes committed by Both Azerbaijani and Armenian forces during recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Twenty-two videos analysed by Amnesty depict killings, beatings and desecration of...

Airbnb share listing: company is 'deeply compromised' by Israeli settlement properties

Online tourist giant makes no mention of settlement operations in ‘risk factors’ declaration Company has backtracked over removing 200 settlement properties from its listings ‘Airbnb needs to do right...

Turkey: Students facing three-years in jail for celebrating Pride must be acquitted

Students face up to three years in jail in trial starting on Human Rights Day Celebrities and influencers Riyadh Khalaf, Jessica Kellgren Fozard, Russell T Davies, Char Ellesse and Matty Healy among...

Campaigners warn that 9 out of 10 people in poor countries are set to miss out on COVID-19 vaccine next year

Rich countries have hoarded enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations nearly 3 times over Nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year...

Nigeria: Older people an invisible casualty in conflict with Boko Haram - new report

Report details how both Boko Haram and the Nigerian military have committed atrocities against older women and men during conflict in Northeast Nigeria Older people starved or slaughtered in their...

Somalia: US must not abandon civilian victims of its air strikes after troop withdrawal

Amnesty warns troop withdrawal does not necessarily mean end to military action US has carried out dozens of air strikes each year, killing and wounding civilians The US military must not wash its...

Hong Kong: Students arrested after campus protest as educational institutions targeted

Responding to today’s arrests of eight people who participated in a protest at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) last month, including three students who have been charged under the national...

Amnesty warns of 'giant leap backwards' as Human Rights Act threatened

‘From Hillsborough, to Grenfell to the appalling mishandling of the recent Covid crisis in care homes, we have never so badly needed a means to hold the Government to account’ - Kate Allen Responding...

Egypt: International community must step in to halt the crackdown on human rights, says Amnesty

Amnesty International today issued an urgent call to the international community to step in and halt the real threat to the Egyptian human right movement, following the court decision to freeze the...

Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist warns of 'bloody 2021' ahead of Amnesty Northern Ireland event live from Hong Kong

Speaker Gwyneth Ho has been attacked by pro-government thugs and banned from Hong Kong elections Original planned speaker Joshua Wong has now been jailed by pro-Beijing authorities Amnesty has invited...