UN findings include accounts of soldiers castrating men, gang-raping women and forcing children to watch their mothers being raped Responding to today’s UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan...

Amnesty International has welcomed a report by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women published today, which finds the United Kingdom responsible for “grave”’...

The Philippines government must immediately drop all charges and release prisoner of conscience Senator Leila de Lima, an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, Amnesty International said...

It’s a ‘transparent attempt’ to ‘deprioritise reproductive rights’ - Tarah Demant Responding to reports that the US State Department’s human rights bureau has received an official directive to remove...

The EU Withdrawal Bill is set to significantly reduce human rights protections in the UK, Amnesty International warned today, while a rush to sign new trade deals means there is a growing risk the UK...

The already-jailed activist has been given latest jail term for tweeting about human rights violations in Bahrain and Yemen ‘The conviction of Nabeel Rajab today is a slap in the face to justice’ -...

MPs urged to vote for change on current restrictive and unfair rules In a speech today, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott announced that the Labour Party’s immigration policy will uphold respect for...

International community still failing to act as ‘war crimes on an epic scale’ unfold in the besieged suburb of Damascus ‘The Syrian government, with the backing of Russia, is intentionally targeting...

Husband Richard Ratcliffe will attempt to deliver letters to embassy Campaigners with ‘Free Nazanin’ placards will attend Campaigners will stage a protest on behalf of the jailed UK-Iranian woman...

Sentences are ‘clearly intended to instil fear’ - Gauri van Gulik At least 100 journalists are currently behind bars in Turkey, the highest number of any country in the world Following the aggravated...