Prominent philanthropist and human rights defender sentenced to life , six co-defendants given 18-year jail terms ‘Turkey’s judicial system has become a repressive tool to silence dissent’ - Agnès...

Responding to the news that the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has certified Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States to face charges under the Espionage Act, Agnes Callamard, Amnesty...

Responding to news that the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous Peoples expert Bruno Pereira have been found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Jurema Werneck, Executive Director...

Spit hoods were ‘temporarily’ introduced in March 2020 as an emergency Covid measure Human rights and children’s groups say spit hoods may be unlawful Police Service of Northern Ireland refusing to...

More than 70,000 Indigenous Maasai people in Loliondo at risk of being displaced Security forces have shot at protesters with live ammunition and used teargas ‘This unlawful forced eviction is...

In response to the cancellation of last night’s flight due to transport asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “The cancellation of...

UK national Morad Tahbaz will have been in jail in Iran for 1,618 days Hand-in takes place exactly three months since release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori ‘UK officials palmed...

Responding to news that the UK’s first flight of people seeking asylum is likely to leave for Rwanda tomorrow evening as part of the Government’s highly controversial refugee deal with the central...

Detailed eyewitness testimonies show horror of attacks, with hundreds of civilians killed Children’s playgrounds, people’s homes, a church used to distribute food - all hit Steel rods from cluster...

Currently 1,341 people are on death row in Malaysia, with 905 of the cases involving mandatory death sentences for drug trafficking The Government needs to review all cases involving mandatory death...