'The men, women and children aboard the Aquarius have risked their lives on perilous seas to escape horrific abuses in Libya' - Elisa De Pieri As the SOS Méditerranée rescue ship, MV Aquarius remains...

Amnesty, Liberty and Stonewall urge MPs to protect key rights for everyone in the UK Commons vote on EU Withdrawal Bill could be last chance to prevent existing human rights protections being watered...

Responding to comments made by Prime Minister Theresa May on abortion legislation in the UK late last night, Grainne Teggart, Northern Ireland Campaigns Manager for Amnesty International UK, said: "It...

Today (8 June), the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, for his involvement in the conflict in Central...

At least 44 people - including children - killed in suspected Russian airstrike on town of Zardana Victims were breaking the Ramadan fast and hit in what was reportedly a notorious ‘double-tap’ strike...

The UK Supreme Court’s ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion law is a violation of women’s human rights must force the UK Government to urgently legislate for change, Amnesty International said...

Taner Kılıç was arrested on 6 June 2017 on a charge of ‘belonging to a terrorist organisation’ Detention demonstrates the Turkish authorities ‘cold-blooded pursuit of anyone deemed to oppose them’ –...

‘The authorities must immediately release Nabeel Rajab and drop all charges against him’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to news that a five-year prison sentence against prominent Bahraini human rights...

The UK’s Supreme Court will deliver a historic ruling this Thursday on whether Northern Ireland’s abortion ban violates the UK’s human rights commitments When : 09.15 hrs BST, Thursday 7 June 2018...

First-hand investigations in the destroyed city reveal extent of civilian casualties, as Coalition’s ‘war of annihilation’ decimated extended families and neighbourhoods ‘On the ground in Raqqa we...