Min Nyo had been covering the recent military coup for award winning outlet Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) Amnesty is calling on Thailand not to return his exiled colleagues arrested earlier this...

More than two dozen women targeted by government-backed smear campaign Private photos and intimate conversations made public, and women labelled ‘bad wives’ and ‘bad mothers’ ‘This is part of a...

Responding to government plans announced in today’s Queen’s Speech which could lead to de facto amnesties for ex-soldiers and others responsible for grave human rights violations in Northern Ireland...

The Israeli security forces have used repeated, unwarranted and excessive force against Palestinian protesters in occupied East Jerusalem Amnesty International said today as it called on United...

Intisar al-Hammadi subjected to interrogation while blindfolded, physically abused and charged with drugs and prostitute offences At the end of one interrogation her lawyer witnessed her being slapped...

Following careful evaluation, Amnesty International has decided to re-designate Aleksei Navalny as a “prisoner of conscience”. In February, Amnesty took an internal decision to stop using the prisoner...

Ahead of tomorrow’s EU-India Leaders’ meeting, Amnesty International is calling on EU leaders to urge India to protect the rights to life and health, and to raise the alarm about the crackdown on...

At least 25 people killed in Jacarezinho neighbourhood after police operation Following yesterday’s police operation in the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro that has so far resulted in the deaths...

The ‘outrageous’ conviction and sentencing of five Mother Nature Cambodia activists must be overturned, Amnesty International said today. Mother Nature Cambodia is a prominent campaign group which has...

‘Boris Johnson is planning to forever deny our family any chance of justice’ - Michael O’Hare ‘The UK government appears determined to close down paths to justice’ - Grainne Teggart Amnesty...