In response to today’s detention of five LGBTI activists as they were trying to deliver a petition to the Office of Russia's Prosecutor General on Chechnya, Denis Krivosheev, Deputy Director for...

Russian authorities have made another blatant assault on freedom of expression in a show trial against blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, Amnesty International said today. A court in Yekaterinburg today gave...

The use of military courts to try civilians in Venezuela undermines the rule of law in the country, violating the Venezuelan constitution and international laws, said Amnesty International today...

The release of human rights lawyer Xie Yang on bail does not represent a break in China’s relentless crackdown against lawyers and activists, Amnesty International said today. Xie Yang was tried in...

Children born with sex characteristics that do not fit with female or male norms risk being subjected to a range of unnecessary, invasive and traumatising medical procedures in violation of their...

Responding to news that outspoken feminist academic Stella Nyanzi has been released on bail after four weeks in prison, Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa...

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has a historic opportunity to reject the criminalisation of abortion and protect the health and lives of millions of women in the country, said Amnesty...

Responding to the conviction for blasphemy and imprisonment of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as “Ahok”, Amnesty International's Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific...

In response to the announcement by the Nigerian government that it secured the release of 82 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram, Osai Ojigho, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Director said: “The...

Responding to news that Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Britain for a series of high-profile meetings, Kerry Moscogiuri, Amnesty International UK’s Director of Campaigns, said: “The UK Government must...