Malawian authorities have mounted a crackdown on dissent ahead of the general election rerun on 19 May by arresting two prominent human rights activists, Amnesty International said today. Gift...

Family Division court issued ‘fact-finding’ judgement in favour of Princess Haya’s allegations of mistreatment by former husband Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed had insisted his conduct toward his wife...

Hajer Mansoor was apparently jailed to intimidate UK-based Bahraini exile, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei ‘Her sham trial was nothing more than act of reprisal’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to today’s release from...

Sergei Filatov is ‘prisoner of conscience’, says Amnesty Case is first of its kind in Russian-occupied Crimea ‘It’s the latest example of the wholesale export of Russia’s brutally repressive policies...

Responding to the International Criminal Court’s decision to open an investigation into international crimes in Afghanistan, Solomon Sacco, Amnesty International’s Head of International Justice, said...

New report sets out need for independent commission of inquiry to investigate widespread human rights violations that occurred in 2019 ‘Authorities may be counting on coronavirus to extinguish the...

‘All parties to the conflict must allow civilians wishing to flee the fighting to do so’ - Lynn Maalouf Ahead of a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep...

High Court ruled the Government’s refusal to provide housing to a legally married same-sex couple ‘unconstitutional’ ‘Today must be a wake-up call to the Hong Kong government’ - Man-Kei Tam In...

Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting later today ‘What we are witnessing at the Greece-Turkey border is a crisis of humanity of Europe’s making’ - Eve Geddie Ahead of an extraordinary EU Justice...

Reform follows notorious ‘Wolf Pack’ case Spain becomes tenth country in Europe to define rape as sex without consent ‘This is a victory for survivors of rape’ - Monica Costa Riba Following the...