Since being elected to office one year ago, Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte has overseen a wide range of human rights’ violations and created a climate of lethal lawlessness, Amnesty...

Lord Mayor to lead march to rally at Belfast City Hall Thousands of people are expected to take part in a march for civil marriage equality in Belfast this Saturday (1 July). Northern Ireland is...

Amnesty monitors will be at US airports, while UK travellers urged to report any knock-on effects at UK airports Following the issuing of new guidance by the US Government over this week’s US Supreme...

Responding to news that the UK Government has agreed to fund abortions in England for women and girls from Northern Ireland, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland Campaign Manager...

Hong Kong’s political leaders must show they are prepared to resist pressure from President Xi Jinping to further erode human rights in the city, Amnesty International said. As the Chinese President...

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has ruled today that Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive abortion laws are not in breach of human rights standards, a decision Amnesty International called “absurd”...

Responding to news that the Speaker of the House of Commons has accepted a cross-party amendment to the Queen’s Speech asking the UK Government to ensure access to NHS-funded abortions in England for...

Ogoni Nine widow Esther Kiobel takes on the oil giant in a new case following a twenty-year struggle for justice Shell documents expose the company’s role in the executions – new Amnesty research...

Liam Neeson, Gary Lightbody, Graham Norton, Stephen Fry, Bronagh Waugh and Neil Hannon add their voices to call for same-sex couples to be able to marry in Northern Ireland Some of the world’s biggest...

Responding to the British Medical Association passing a motion calling for the decriminalisation of abortion in the UK, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland Campaign Manager...