The dramatic increase in illegal use of force, scores of arbitrary detentions and the killing of at least 10 people, among other worrying attacks against the people of Venezuela recorded this weekend...

A leading campaigner for marriage equality in the 2015 Irish referendum has called for Northern Ireland politicians to respect “the will of the people, who overwhelmingly support marriage equality”...

Reacting to the murder of Chris Msando, head of information technology at Kenya’s independent election monitoring body, Abdullahi Halakhe, Amnesty International’s Kenya researcher, said: "Chris Msando...

Amnesty International UK has compiled a list of recommended books for young readers to enjoy this summer as the school holidays begin. Amnesty’s top picks explore and celebrate human rights -...

‘To understand how the ban will work, it is enough to look at China’ - Denis Krivosheev A new law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin banning online anonymisers and virtual private networks...

Proposals by Italian authorities to send warships to police Libyan territorial waters are a “shameful” attempt to circumvent their duty to rescue refugees and migrants at sea, Amnesty International...

In response to an Istanbul court’s ruling earlier tonight to conditionally release seven of the 12 imprisoned Cumhuriyet journalists and the continuation of the pre-trial detention of five others...

The security plan announced in Venezuela ahead of the elections for the Constituent Assembly this Sunday is laying the groundwork for a new wave of mass human rights violations, Amnesty International...

‘The global outcry over Turkey’s human rights crackdown is growing louder by the day’ - Kate Allen Amnesty UK has welcomed a call from UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson for the release of detained...

‘Israeli forces started firing stun grenades, tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets into a peaceful crowd’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Israeli forces attacked peaceful crowds of Palestinians as they gathered at...