Reports that an 11-year-old girl has given birth today after becoming pregnant as a result of repeated rape, allegedly by her step father, are a tragic reminder of the urgent need for Paraguay to r

An activist who called for a boycott of the European Games on human rights grounds has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years today, and her husband for seven, in a move that reveals the ongo

‘This new law will become yet another tool for the authorities to crush all forms of dissent’ - Said Boumedouha

‘The Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme proves once again that human rights are right at the heart of the arts’ - Naomi McAuliffe

‘The Turkish government has displayed a flagrant disregard for the lives of local residents’ - Lama Fakih

More than 200 people have died from starvation and hundreds of civilians killed in bombing

A crucial vote to protect the human rights of sex workers was passed today in Dublin at Amnesty International’s decision-making forum, the International Council Meeting (ICM).

Darwish’s three-year ordeal included torture and enforced disappearance

Shadizadi set to be hanged on Monday, amid unprecedented Iranian execution spree