The authorities in Ethiopia must immediately reveal the whereabouts of dozens of politicians and journalists who were arrested alongside other people following widespread protests and violence on 29...

27 July deadline looming ‘Detained families must now be afforded the fair chance to seek asylum they never received’ - letter to ICE Amnesty International and more than 100 NGOs have signed a letter...

‘Promises must be kept’ to help child survivors of ISIS atrocities, says Jolie New Amnesty report out on 30 July ‘The trauma is still very much present for children brutalised by the conflict’ - Matt...

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka seeking re-election next month for sixth consecutive term Activists threatened that their children will be taken into state custody, and with sexual violence ‘These...

The deeply flawed report by the US Department of State’s so-called “Commission on Unalienable Rights” is a colossal failure for US leadership, which could damage human rights protections globally...

First same-sex religious weddings can take place from September this year Campaigners now call on Government to allow conversion of civil partnerships to marriage – the final move needed for full...

Responding to the introduction of a bill to outlaw discrimination in South Korea, including against LGBTI people, Arnold Fang, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher, said: “A law to effectively...

Tunisian blogger, Emna Chargui, 27, has been sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted on charges relating to a social media post deemed to be “offensive to Islam”. Responding to the...

Government data shows steep rise in illegal commercial cattle ranching in protected areas of Brazil’s Amazon Illegal commercial cattle ranching drives land seizures, violence and threats against...

Tech firm sells Pegasus spyware, used by repressive governments to target human rights activists ‘NSO Group continues to profit from human rights abuses with impunity’ – Danna Ingleton A Tel Aviv...