Dozens of supporters of Aleksei Navalny targeted in crackdown Maria Alyokhina of punk band Pussy Riot among those detained “This wave of reprisals is obviously aimed at repressing growing popular...

Nigerian authorities continue to cover up the truth about the brutal crackdown by security forces on peaceful #EndSARS protesters that led to the Lekki Toll Gate massacre, Amnesty International...

Following the publication by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal of the ruling invalidating the constitutionality of access to abortion on the ground of “severe and irreversible foetal defect or...

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must take urgent steps to address the worsening human rights situation in Sri Lanka Amnesty International said today, following the release of a damning UN report...

‘It is a huge relief that the truth is finally emerging. However, we still have a long road ahead of us, this is nowhere near finished’ – Mechelle Dillon ‘We have been overwhelmed with survivors...

More than 900 abuses by police logged, but not one criminal investigation has yet been launched At least 27,000 people arbitrarily detained, and hundreds tortured “The international community cannot...

Amnesty International has today launched a global campaign to ban the use of facial recognition systems, a form of mass surveillance that amplifies racist policing and threatens the right to protest...

The promise made today by the Northern Ireland Executive that an inquiry process co-designed with survivors will be undertaken, following the publication of a shocking report into Mother and Baby...

Ten years on from 2011 protests, Sisi’s jails now packed with those at forefront of reform movement Detainees in twice-capacity jails denied healthcare and at complete mercy of guards Report charts...

Amnesty monitors report ‘indiscriminate beatings’ and ‘preventive arrests’ overall number of detainees exceeds 1,330 Navalny video on Putin’s Palace viewed by more than 55 million Amnesty...