Responding to the news that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has voted to pass the UK’s resolution to create a mechanism to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons...

A Sudanese court’s decision to overturn the death sentence of 19-year-old Noura Hussein for killing her rapist husband in self-defence must be a catalyst for legal review in Sudan, Amnesty...

Senior officials with key roles in murder, torture and gang rape of Rohingya named Myanmar’s security forces committed 9 distinct types of crime against humanity - responsibility goes to top of chain...

Jordan urged not to ‘abandon’ refugees after government spokesperson says ‘we cannot receive more’ ‘The international community must provide full and meaningful support to Jordan’ - Mouna Elkekhia...

Campaigners welcome commitment and call on Theresa May to intervene on marriage equality ‘The UK government has turned its back on the LGBT+ community here’ - Patrick Corrigan Marriage equality...

With notorious ban due to be lifted on Sunday, eight jailed women’s rights activists face long prison sentences after ‘chilling’ smear campaign ‘It is outrageous that women are still treated like...

In response to reports that an NGO ship carrying refugees and migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean is not being allowed to dock, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and...

Aman Abdurrahman becomes first person this year to be sentenced to death for a terrorism offence in country ‘Trials for defendants facing charges on crimes such as drugs, murder, terrorism where death...

Prime Minister Theresa May has come under renewed pressure today to legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. A cross-party group of MPs have published a letter in The Times newspaper today...

Saudi-led coalition’s ‘excessive’ inspections of aid at Hodeidah is imperilling millions already suffering in world’s worst humanitarian crisis ‘The world must stop looking the other way while the...