Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang has been released after four and a half years in prison but has been barred from returning to his family in Beijing. Amnesty International today expressed...

Anastasia Vasilyeva posted YouTube video saying doctors shouldn’t work without protective equipment Arrested while bringing masks and other PPE to a hospital in Novgorod Was reportedly choked by...

Concern that religious tensions could be inflamed if Muslim families not allowed to bury relatives in accordance with religious practice Forced cremations during coronavirus crisis flout WHO...

Nazanin Zagahri-Ratcliffe pictured after her temporary release last month © FreeNazanin campaign Four-year point reached as British national out of jail on temporary basis Fellow UK-Iranian dual...

Call on president to increase supply of PPE and ventilators as US coronavirus infection rates soar Disturbing accounts of dangerous conditions in immigration detention facilities - new Amnesty report...

More than 17,000 arrested for breaching quarantine measures Reports of inhuman punishments - including sitting for hours in the hot sun or being detained in dog cages 'We call on the president to...

More than 100 NGOs set out strict restrictions on governments across the world to prevent surveillance overreach 'Technology can play an important role in the global effort to combat the COVID-19...

British former businessman originally arrested in Iran in 2011 His long detention is part of a pattern of targeting dual-nationals ‘We now hope, of course, that other Britons like Nazanin Zaghari...

Coronavirus has led to surge in firearm sales across the country Homes often unsafe, with 4.6 million children living in households with a firearm and accidental shootings common ‘Gun retailers are...

Teenager and 53-year-old farmer latest civilian casualties in USA’s secret air war More than double number of airstrikes so far this year compared to 2019 AFRICOM ‘doesn’t seem to care about the fate...