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‘The decision to block Twitter is an unprecedented attack on internet freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey’ Andrew Gardner

Amnesty International welcomed the announcement today that three employees of security firm G4S would be charged with manslaughter in the Mubenga case, but said this should not mean their employers

Amnesty expert available for interview

A violent attack yesterday by a nationalist member of parliament against the director of one of Ukraine’s leading TV channels must be urgently investigated, and those responsible brought to j

The Taiwanese security forces must protect and respect human rights in any response to the hundreds of protestors that have occupied the nation’s parliament, Amnesty International said today.

The arbitrary arrest and detention of two prominent campaigners is an attempt to silence criticism and divert the spotlight from ongoing state abuses, human rights monitors said in a joint statemen

The referendum on Scotland’s independence on 18 September 2014 is a unique opportunity for everyone in Scotland to decide what sort of society we want to live in.

The Papua New Guinea authorities must carry out an independent investigation into the alleged brutality of a police dog squad, after a graphic video depicting a seemingly defenceless man being repe

Hundreds detained in ‘prison-like’ conditions - with asylum-seekers, including Syrian refugees, among those detained

In the week that the grim findings of a UN report into human rights abuses in North Korea are presented to the human rights council in Geneva, the International North Korean's Association for H