Responding to the news of the tragic death of a refugee on Manus Island, Kate Schuetze, Pacific Researcher at Amnesty International said: “This tragic and avoidable death is the sixth death related to...

Responding to clashes between police and protesters around today's Catalan referendum, John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International Europe and Central Asia Director said: "Spanish police have clearly been...

'Forced anal examinations are abhorrent and amount to torture' - Najia Bounaim Six men arrested for "promoting sexual deviancy" and "debauchery" on social media will be subjected to invasive forensic...

'This resolution is a victory for Yemenis' - Anna Neistat A resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council today, authorising the establishment of group of international experts to investigate...

More than 400,000 people have fled Burundi since conflict began in April 2015 Burundian government urges refugees to return despite ‘horrific abuses’ still taking place in the country “One day they...

The UN Security Council must do everything it can to end the crimes against humanity and ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar, including by imposing a comprehensive arms embargo...

Prominent critic of Russian occupation sentenced to two years in penal colony ‘It looks like in Crimea reprisals will continue until there is no one left to criticise the occupation’ - Oksana...

Responding to the Saudi Arabian government’s announcement yesterday that women will be allowed to drive, Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and...

Responding to the news that at least 42 people were executed in Iraq yesterday on “terrorism” charges, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International's Middle East Research Director, said: “Yesterday's mass...

The Hong Kong government must drop prosecutions aimed at having a chilling effect on freedom of expression in the territory, Amnesty International said ahead of the third anniversary of the pro...