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Call for Northern Ireland clerical child sex abuse inquiry as Amnesty responds to Vatican tribunal

Amnesty International has called for the Northern Ireland Executive to set up clerical child sex abuse inquiry in response to an announcement by the Vatican that it will establish a tribunal to inv

South Africa: 'completely unacceptable' to allow Sudanese leader to flee country

‘He should have been arrested and handed over to the ICC to face trial’ - Netsanet Belay

Mediterranean 'most dangerous sea crossing in world' - new report

3,500 people drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2014 - 1,865 so far in 2015​

Amnesty International and Sarah Ewart join court challenge on Northern Ireland abortion law

‘Whether through the Courts or the Assembly we are determined to bring Northern Ireland’s abortion laws into the 21 st Century’ – Grainne Teggart

USA: continued detention of 'Angola 3' prisoner Albert Woodfox condemned

‘Even one more day in prison heaps yet further injustice on a man who has already suffered so much’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas

Thousands expected to march for marriage equality in Northern Ireland

Organisers of a march for marriage equality in Northern Ireland are expecting thousands of people to walk through central Belfast tomorrow demanding a change in the law in the region.

Two Amnesty staff members expelled from Morocco

Expulsions come after country named as key target of Stop Torture campaign

Boxing legend Paddy Barnes backs marriage equality in Northern Ireland

‘I believe that everyone should be able to marry the person they love; it’s as simple as that’ – Paddy Barnes