Azeri human rights activists, journalists and political dissidents have been the targets of a fraudulent and sustained campaign using emails and Facebook chat, apparently aimed at gaining access to...

A commitment to deliver equal marriage must be a litmus test for any new Northern Ireland government, campaigners said today at a press conference in Belfast. The campaigners, from the Love Equality...

Brazilian-made cluster munitions used on residential areas of Sa’da city One Yemeni mother describes a bomb ‘coming into the bedroom through the ceiling’ Incident comes after UK cluster munition use...

In response to WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of documents on the USA’s Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking tools, Sherif Elsayed Ali, Head of Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty...

Amnesty International has called for an inquiry into allegations of decades of abuse suffered in Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland, including site surveys to check if there are unmarked...

A declaration by the Court of Justice of the European Union that it does not have jurisdiction over the EU-Turkey refugee deal has exposed EU attempts to sidestep scrutiny and accountability, Amnesty...

“This terrifying wave of attacks has seen Coptic Christians…hunted down and murdered by armed groups” The Egyptian authorities must offer urgent protection to Coptic Christians in North Sinai and...

Russia and China have again abused their veto power at the United Nations Security Council today, following a vote on a draft resolution that would have helped ensure accountability for the use and...

The Israeli authorities’ administrative detention of Muhammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian journalist is unjust and cruel, said Amnesty International after a military judge approved an order confirming his...

New evidence has emerged of how the Huthi armed group is actively recruiting boys as young as 15 to fight as child soldiers on the front lines of the conflict in Yemen, said Amnesty International...