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Kumi Naidoo, the new Secretary General of Amnesty International met with human rights activists from across southern Africa in Johannesburg today, to hear first-hand about their struggles. He pledged...

The Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on protests that has seen nearly 100 people arrested to date, Amnesty International said today. Two weeks after thousands of school students took to...

Kazakhstani human rights defender Zhanar Sekerbayeva has been charged with the offence of “minor hooliganism” after taking part in a photo stunt about the taboo of menstruation in her country...

Taner Kılıç, the Honorary Chair of Amnesty International Turkey who was released yesterday after more than 14 months behind bars, has said thank you to everyone who campaigned on his behalf. Taner...

Indonesian police have shot dead more than 70 people in an escalating crackdown on what they have called ‘petty criminals’ in the lead-up to the 2018 Asian Games, which open tomorrow in Jakarta, said...

Amnesty’s first South African Secretary General begins his term in office “We need to redefine what it means to be a human rights champion in 2018” The human rights movement needs to be bigger, bolder...

Following a decision by a court in Istanbul to release the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, Taner Kılıç , after more than fourteen months behind bars, Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s new...

Event comes after spate of chilling detainee death notifications issued by Syrian authorities 17-minute documentary film ‘Alive in Graves’ to be shown ‘It was like a part of my soul died … after that...

On 14 August 2013, security forces opened fire on people in protest camps in two squares in Cairo, killing hundreds Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among 739 on trial while army officers are promised...

Responding to reports that the authorities in Italy and Malta have closed their ports to the Aquarius, with 141 people aboard - including 73 children - Maria Serrano, Amnesty International’s Senior...