Speaking in Parliament today , UK Home Secretary Priti Patel described the Windrush scandal as an “ugly stain on the face of the country and on the Home Office", and committed to deliver both...

Men face caning and months in jail for supposed immigration offences in court hearings this week ‘The inhumanity of this approach is atrocious’ - Rachel Chhoa-Howard The Malaysian authorities must...

The authorities in Ethiopia must immediately reveal the whereabouts of dozens of politicians and journalists who were arrested alongside other people following widespread protests and violence on 29...

27 July deadline looming ‘Detained families must now be afforded the fair chance to seek asylum they never received’ - letter to ICE Amnesty International and more than 100 NGOs have signed a letter...

‘Promises must be kept’ to help child survivors of ISIS atrocities, says Jolie New Amnesty report out on 30 July ‘The trauma is still very much present for children brutalised by the conflict’ - Matt...

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka seeking re-election next month for sixth consecutive term Activists threatened that their children will be taken into state custody, and with sexual violence ‘These...

The deeply flawed report by the US Department of State’s so-called “Commission on Unalienable Rights” is a colossal failure for US leadership, which could damage human rights protections globally...

First same-sex religious weddings can take place from September this year Campaigners now call on Government to allow conversion of civil partnerships to marriage – the final move needed for full...

Responding to the introduction of a bill to outlaw discrimination in South Korea, including against LGBTI people, Arnold Fang, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher, said: “A law to effectively...

Tunisian blogger, Emna Chargui, 27, has been sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted on charges relating to a social media post deemed to be “offensive to Islam”. Responding to the...