In response to reports that English Channel crossings have reached a new high, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Director at Amnesty International UK, said: “The reason people are...

More than 500 arrested after police and military raids Catalogue of human rights violations and crimes committed under international law in Imo, Anambra and Abia states Allegations of torture and ill...

Sajad Sanjari, 26, was hanged at dawn on Monday with his family only informed afterwards and told to collect his body During his trial in 2012, the court said he had reached ‘maturity’ at 15 on the...

Shishov headed the Belarusian House in Ukraine group, helping those who left Belarus Several political exiles, including Belarusians, have been murdered in Ukraine in recent years ‘The circumstances...

Daniel Ortega seeking fourth presidential term in November election More than 100,000 people have already fled country ‘ Ortega holds a position in which he will be protected from any investigation...

Crackdown has seen jump in executions and jailings by notorious anti-terror court At least 39 people currently behind bars for their activism ‘As soon as the G20 spotlight on Saudi Arabia faded the...

Particularly brutal tactics used in city of Cali, which has large Afro-descendant population At least 28 people killed between 28 April and 28 June, with approximately 2,000 detained and more than 300...

Amnesty International has backed National Union of Journalists (NUJ) calls for a fresh investigation into the murder of journalist Martin O'Hagan, ahead of the twentieth anniversary of his killing...

One year on from devastating port blast, victims still battling attempts to block investigation ‘It is astounding to see how far the Lebanese authorities are prepared to go to shield themselves from...

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya among many athletes in Belarus facing reprisals from the government Yelena Leuchanka, two-time Olympic champion basketball player spent over two weeks in notorious Akrestsina...