A quarter of a century after the start of the conflict, more than 20,000, survivors of wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still being denied justice, said Amnesty International in a...

Execution of Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, only 16 at time of alleged crime, would be in clear contravention of international law 83 already executed this year, with political dissidents and Shia minority...

Responding to the decision by the US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to grant the Trump administration’s request to temporarily reinstate a portion of the ban on refugees. Margaret Huang...

‘Akhtem Chiygoz is a prisoner of conscience jailed solely for peacefully exercising his human rights’ - Oksana Pokalchuk The Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz a should be immediately released, said...

Two new landmine incidents today point to deliberate targeting of Rohingya Brings number of sites where Burmese authorities have planted banned landmines to three “This a cruel and callous way of...

Military landmines along border of Rakhine State are putting thousands at risk Civilians - including children - have already been injured, with one man reportedly killed “What is unfolding in front of...

Issa Amro detained earlier this week after using Facebook to criticise arrest of radio journalist ‘The fact that the Palestinian authorities are so quickly making use of the newly-adopted cybercrimes...

Responding to news that a vote on legalising same-sex marriage in Australia will proceed after the High Court dismissed two legal challenges, Naomi Vaughan, Amnesty International Australia’s Marriage...

EMELI SANDE, JP COOPER, JAKE BUGG, JORJA SMITH, NADIA ROSE, MAVERICK SABRE & MORE JOIN THE LINEUP 1,000 musicians to perform on 20 September for Amnesty and Sofar Sounds’ global refugee solidarity...

The threat of prosecution against the medical profession in Northern Ireland to make abortion referrals to the UK has been lifted, Amnesty International has said today. The Director of Public...