Children represent 16% of the deaths recorded by Amnesty Families of dead coerced into making video statements to deflect blame from the government ‘The Iranian authorities are systematically...

New law could see people facing three-year jail terms for a retweet ‘ These measures enable [the Government] to further censor and silence critical voices ahead of Turkey’s upcoming elections and...

Refugees and migrants arbitrarily detained in the Latvian forest, tortured and beaten with electric prods and tasers Latvia, Lithuania and Poland continue a state of emergency to unlawfully return...

Activists including Elika Ashoori demand justice for protesters in Iran Gathering will mark one month since the arrest of Mahsa Amini who died in suspicious circumstances Mounting evidence security...

Three leading human rights activists from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be visiting London next week to highlight Israel’s system of apartheid and the need for the UK government...

With Parliament's return Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed film Belfast pens open letter to PM calling for controversial Troubles Bill to be dropped Letter urges a rethink on Bill opposed by victims...

Reacting to Russia's mass strikes carried out on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “This is yet another day of petrifying news...

Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, Russia’s Memorial and Belarusian Ales Bialiatski all recognised Responding to news that human rights organisations from Ukraine (Center for Civil Liberties) and...

DJ and political commentator Edmund Wan sentenced to two years and eight months for ‘sedition’ and alleged money-laundering Hong Kong authorities are using colonial-era sedition charges to stamp out...

Human Rights Council rejects moves to hold debate on suspected crimes against humanity UN’s own High Commissioner for Human Rights being ignored ‘Today’s vote protects the perpetrators of human rights...