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Afghanistan: Kabul attack shows contempt for human life

Responding to the bombing of peaceful protestors in Kabul today, Champa Patel, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, said:

Saudi Arabia passes 'grim watershed' as it executes 100th person this year

According to the Saudi Press Agency , Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced that an execution was carried o

UN: Narrow national self-interest must not endanger global refugee deal

UN talks to agree a Global Compact on Refugees by 2018 One week left before proposal is locked in ahead of September Summit

Amnesty hails new marriage equality law in Isle of Man

Northern Ireland only part of UK with marriage ban for same-sex couples

UK government admission to misleading MPs over Saudi abuses in Yemen 'jaw-dropping'

Responding to the government's admission that Parliam

Turkey: Fears of further abuses of human rights in state of emergency

European Convention on Human Rights suspended for duration of state of emergency

Torture and secret detention in Ukraine - new report

Both the Ukrainian government and the Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arb

Syria: Video showing beheading of boy 'truly plumbed the depths of depravity'

Abuses by Nour al-Dine Zinki Movement - believed to be behind the killing - documented in earlier Amnesty report

Turkey: Fears for media as purge continues

As the sweeping crackdown in Turkey following a failed coup continues, Amnesty International has warned that purges are being extended to censor media houses and journalists, including those critic