‘The torture of these men was approved at the highest level of Government’ - Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has described as a “bitter blow” a decision published today by a panel of five judges...

Shahidul Alam has been declared an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience ‘There has been a widespread outcry against the appalling treatment of this much-loved photographer’ - Saad Hammadi...

'Responsibility for marriage equality legislation now sits squarely with the UK Government' - John O’Doherty Leading businesses and employers across Northern Ireland - including Coca-Cola, Santander...

Two of the men - cousins Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi - gave supposed ‘confessions’ to Press TV after alleged beatings and rape threats In response to news that three Iranian Kurdish men - Zaniar...

Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among those given prison sentences ‘The Egyptian authorities should be ashamed’ - Najia Bounaim Amnesty International has condemned as “disgraceful” a series of sentences...

Zaniar Moradi (l) and Loghman Moradi (r) gave supposed ‘confessions’ to Press TV after alleged beatings and rape threats Their trial lasted only 20 minutes ‘This is textbook Iranian “justice”’ -...

Amnesty International UK is inviting entries for its 27th annual Media Awards, a prestigious set of awards that recognise the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in...

Ruling is culmination of decades of struggle against notorious Section 377, relic of British colonial rule ‘As Dr Martin Luther King Jr said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends...

Journalist murdered and aid workers gang-raped in the Terrain Hotel attack in 2016 ‘Today’s convictions and sentences represent a first step towards ending chronic impunity in South Sudan’ - Seif...

Embattled village is just one of 46 under-threat Palestinian communities in central West Bank ‘The court has … validated the discriminatory policies of the Israeli authorities’ - Saleh Higazi...