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Iranian teenager tortured into 'confessing' faces execution at weekend

Alireza Tajiki was only 15 at time of alleged crime making execution illegal under international law.

Syria: armed opposition group committing war crimes in Aleppo - new evidence

The Aleppo Conquest armed groups may have used chemical weapons, as well as ‘hell cannon’ gas canister munitions

Northern Ireland: Amnesty tentative welcome for moves to change law on abortion and marriage equality

Responding to news that a number of political parties have tabled Bills at the Northern Ireland Assembly to introduce marriage equality and to reform the law on abortion, Patrick Corrigan, Amn

Ivory Coast should hand former first lady over to International Criminal Court

Trial of Simone Gbagbo in Abidjan is going ahead in defiance of ICC

EU must clamp down on advertising of torture equipment at trade fairs - new report

‘The reality is that items intended to inflict horrific levels of human suffering are openly on display at trade fairs in Europe’ - Iverna McGowan

Northern Ireland - clear majority for marriage equality in new Assembly: Amnesty calls for law change

‘The last Assembly repeatedly failed to deliver marriage equality for Northern Ireland. The new Assembly must put that right.’ – Patrick Corrigan

Kenya: 'reckless' closure of world's biggest refugee camp will put lives at risk

‘This reckless decision by the Kenyan government is an abdication of its duty to protect the vulnerable’ - Muthoni Wanyeki

Monday's UN global compact on refugee crisis could be game-changer

‘World leaders cannot go on lurching from crisis to crisis, haggling over numbers’ - Sherif Elsayed-Ali