Vital forensic evidence could be lost at site believed to contain remains of 44 executed political prisoners near southern city of Ahvaz Authorities forbid commemoration of the dead and refer to...

Donald Trump’s expected decision to leave the 2015 global climate deal could result in a human rights catastrophe of ‘epic proportions’ ‘The President is effectively saying: “Let them drown, burn and...

Petition hand-in to embassy as activists in ‘We exist’ t-shirts respond to Chechen authorities’ claim that LGBTI people ‘not present’ in the republic FRIDAY 2 JUNE 2017, 11.00am-1pm Scores of...

Secular group Wa’ad forcibly dissolved after criticising the authorities Move is ‘further proof that the authorities have no intention of delivering on promises of human rights progress’ - Lynn...

Responding to today’s bombing in Kabul that has claimed the lives of 80 people and injured at least 350, Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan researcher, said: “The bombing in Kabul is a...

Chinese authorities must release three activists who were investigating labour conditions at factories that make shoes for Ivanka Trump’s label, Amnesty International said today. Hua Haifeng, who...

Afgan Mukhtarli and his wife had been in exile in Georgia after investigating Azerbaijani president An Azerbaijani investigative journalist who vanished yesterday evening from the Georgian capital...

‘Entire families are being killed inside their homes’ - Samah Hadid In response to the US military saying this afternoon that one of its airstrikes killed at least 100 civilians in West Mosul’s Jadida...

Execution of man named only as ‘Asqar’ was third juvenile offender execution in Iran this year At least 567 people executed in country last year Iran has demonstrated its utter disregard for children...

‘These cruel executions will constitute an appalling breach of international human rights law’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to reports that the Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip will tomorrow...