Detained protesters beaten on breasts and between legs ‘so they cannot show world’ Released protesters made to sign ‘non-disclosure agreements’ so they cannot talk about treatment or take part in...

The four men were convicted in highly secretive and unfair trials These mark the first executions since the late 1980s More than 100 people are believed to be on death row in Myanmar The executions...

RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS RELAUNCH VICIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARTIST YULIA TSVETKOVA Russian prosecutors today appealed a court's decision to acquit Yulia Tsvetkova, an artist and LGBTI activist who was...

Prominent international human rights lawyer, Caoilfhionn Gallagher has received death threats including one saying she will be murdered like Pat Finucane Amnesty urges ministers to step back from the...

Nazeri bin Lajim was executed in Singapore today after being handed the mandatory punishment for drug-related offences This is the fifth execution the country has carried out this year after a pause...

On 18 June hundreds of Amhara residents in Oromia region were killed and scores injured Victims’ family members claim atrocities committed by Oromo Liberation Army Most of those killed were unarmed...

Authorities have carried out arrests of largely peaceful demonstrators since anti-government protests erupted ‘The emergency regulations give sweeping powers to the police and the armed forces’ -...

Amnesty submission to Government consultation spells out dangers of loosely-drafted deal Warning that Israeli exporters may ‘pass off’ settlement goods as Israeli ones ‘The bottom line here is that UK...

Masafer Yatta communities have been hit by wave after wave of demolitions in recent weeks Palestinian Bedouin homes in the Negev/Naqab desert have also suffered repeated demolition ‘The imminent...

Black Lives Matter, MeToo and climate change have inspired millions to take to streets In response, governments around the world have moved to criminalise protest ‘Protest is meant to be noisy, it’s...