Six years since Morsi ousted, new report to UN outlines scale of Sisi’s crackdown Thousands arrested, raft of new laws stifling free expression and NGOs, and more than 1,891 death sentences handed...

Following a decision by a preliminary investigations judge in Italy to release the Sea-Watch 3 captain, Carola Rackete, Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s researcher on southern Europe said:...

In response to today’s decision by US federal prosecutors to retry the human rights defender Dr Scott Warren after a previous attempt to prosecute him ended in a mistrial, Erika Guevara-Rosas...

Humanitarian workers subjected to surveillance, interrogation, arrest and prosecution ‘The Trump administration’s targeting of human rights defenders … sets it on a slippery slope toward...

Responding to the news that Istanbul Pride participants were attacked with tear gas and plastic bullets by police, Milena Buyum, Amnesty International's Turkey Campaigner, said: “An entirely peaceful...

Responding to news that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and husband Richard have ended their hunger strikes, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: "The hunger strike is over, but the deep...

Thousands expected to defy the ban on Sunday ‘There is still time for the authorities to do the right thing’ - Sara Hall Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Istanbul to lift a ban...

Recent crackdown on protesters sparks fear of return to Bashir-era levels of repression ‘The world has seen very clearly the passion with which Sudanese people are campaigning for their human rights’...

Amnesty supporters will join Richard Ratcliffe for singing event, as his hunger strike approaches two-week mark Choral singers to lead event, with songs to include I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To...

China is major manufacturer of equipment like spiked batons, spiked electric-shock riot forks, electric-shock vests and heavy leg-irons In past month alone, Hong Kong and Sudan have used tear gas...