‘There is little or no legislation in any country that really protects our human right to privacy against indiscriminate mass surveillance’ – Salil Shetty

The sentencing today of the brother of an outspoken Azerbaijani opposition activist on trumped-up drugs charges is yet another nail in the coffin of freedom of expression in the country, Amnesty In

Attack is ‘more evidence that the Syrian government forces are committing war crimes with impunity’ - Philip Luther

The conviction and prison sentence handed down today against two managers and the owner of a bar in Burma for displaying an image of Buddha wearing headphones should be overturned immediately and i

The mass execution of 12 people in Pakistan today highlights the horrific consequences of the government’s decision to resume executions for all death row prisoners, Amnesty International sai

A new report today by Amnesty International provides damning evidence that Syrian government forces unlawfully killed up to 115 civilians in a series of aerial attacks on the city of Raqqa in Novem

The conviction yesterday of the former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, on terrorism charges - after a deeply flawed and politically mo

‘Keeping an innocent man in prison is an ultimate act of disrespect for fundamental human rights’ - Denis Krivosheev

The UK government is arguing the law should be ignored after having been caught out breaking it, Amnesty International UK said today, following the latest development in a historic court case that