‘The morale of the civilian population is not a lawful target’ - Marie Struthers Responding to news that Russian military attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine over recent days have led to a...

With one month until kick-off, new report says ‘job of protecting migrant workers from exploitation is only half done’ Numerous failings identified, while neither FIFA nor Qatar have made progress on...

Sanna Irshad Mattoo prevented from flying to USA to receive Pulitzer Prize ‘Arbitrary travel bans have increasingly become the principal tactic of the Indian authorities’ - Aakar Patel Responding to...

On 19 October, UK-Egyptian activist will have been on hunger strike for 200 days Sister Sanaa Seif is demanding a meeting with the Foreign Secretary David Lammy to attend Tuesday evening demo The...

In response to reports of violent behaviour by Chinese consulate officials toward Hong Kong protesters in Manchester yesterday, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said: “From...

President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as Communist Party of China General Secretary for a third term ‘There can be no excuse for failing to hold the Chinese authorities to account over...

1,600 Syrian refugees face being returned from next week Syrian refugees are at dire risk of torture, sexual violence, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention if they return home ‘The...

Children represent 16% of the deaths recorded by Amnesty Families of dead coerced into making video statements to deflect blame from the government ‘The Iranian authorities are systematically...

New law could see people facing three-year jail terms for a retweet ‘ These measures enable [the Government] to further censor and silence critical voices ahead of Turkey’s upcoming elections and...

Refugees and migrants arbitrarily detained in the Latvian forest, tortured and beaten with electric prods and tasers Latvia, Lithuania and Poland continue a state of emergency to unlawfully return...