The UK government today played host to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni less than four months after he passed a draconian anti-gay law in Uganda which carries life imprisonment for people accused
The Chinese authorities must immediately release all those detained for trying to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, Amnesty International said, following a spate of detentions in the past w
The Belarusian government has scored an own goal by cracking down on civil society in a bid to silence dissenters ahead of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which opens on 9 May in Minsk, said Amn
Last night’s deadly car bombing in a suburb of the Nigerian capital Abuja displayed a callous disregard for human life and highlights the urgency of bringing an end to the campaign of violenc
Australia shouldn’t ‘outsource its refugee responsibilities to another, much poorer country’ - Richard Bennett
The use of tear gas and water cannon against peaceful protesters today by police in Istanbul is a reprehensible move to crack down on free expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International sa
‘What happened last night to Clayton Lockett is shocking in anyone’s book’ - Rob Freer
‘The humanitarian situation in Syria is beyond catastrophic’ - José Luis Díaz
Brunei’s shocking new Penal Code “will take the country back to the dark ages” when it comes to human rights, Amnesty International said today.