The Maldivian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all people who have been detained under the state of emergency solely for exercising their human rights and halt attacks on...

‘The Iranian authorities have violated women’s human rights in Iran for decades’ - Magdalena Mughrabi A warning by Iranian police that women in the country could be jailed for up to ten years for...

‘We want to send a message to Washington – there’s a storm brewing’ - Margaret Huang Prohibition on ‘influencing public’ An advertising campaign from Amnesty International USA that was rejected by the...

“It shouldn’t require a ceasefire for starving civilians to be allowed life-saving assistance and protection from being deliberately bombarded.” Sherine Tadros Security Council must ensure attacks on...

UN findings include accounts of soldiers castrating men, gang-raping women and forcing children to watch their mothers being raped Responding to today’s UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan...

Amnesty International has welcomed a report by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women published today, which finds the United Kingdom responsible for “grave”’...

The Philippines government must immediately drop all charges and release prisoner of conscience Senator Leila de Lima, an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, Amnesty International said...

It’s a ‘transparent attempt’ to ‘deprioritise reproductive rights’ - Tarah Demant Responding to reports that the US State Department’s human rights bureau has received an official directive to remove...

The EU Withdrawal Bill is set to significantly reduce human rights protections in the UK, Amnesty International warned today, while a rush to sign new trade deals means there is a growing risk the UK...

The already-jailed activist has been given latest jail term for tweeting about human rights violations in Bahrain and Yemen ‘The conviction of Nabeel Rajab today is a slap in the face to justice’ -...