Plea to Jordan to open border: ‘Jordan’s border is their only gateway to safety’ - Lynn Maalouf Residents trapped, hospitals bombed, civilians who flee deliberately targeted, medical supplies...

A tax on social media use in Uganda, which came into effect yesterday, is a clear attempt to undermine the right to freedom of expression and must be scrapped, Amnesty International said today...

Indonesian security forces have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in little more than eight years in the eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua, with the majority of perpetrators never being...

European Union (EU) leaders have chosen fear over compassion by signing off Council Conclusions which could harm some of the world’s most vulnerable men, women and children, Amnesty International said...

Trial for 739 defendants following Rabaa massacre begins tomorrow “This can only be described as a parody of justice” - Najia Bounaim The mass trial verdict of 739 people, many facing the death...

Responding to the publication today of two reports by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) into the UK’s involvement in the torture of detainees overseas, Kate Allen, Amnesty...

The Malawian authorities must urgently overhaul the criminal justice system to protect people with albinism, who face the persistent threat of being killed for their body parts in a country where the...

Responding to the news that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has voted to pass the UK’s resolution to create a mechanism to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons...

A Sudanese court’s decision to overturn the death sentence of 19-year-old Noura Hussein for killing her rapist husband in self-defence must be a catalyst for legal review in Sudan, Amnesty...

Senior officials with key roles in murder, torture and gang rape of Rohingya named Myanmar’s security forces committed 9 distinct types of crime against humanity - responsibility goes to top of chain...