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Chelsea Manning's original revelations still need investigating

‘Chelsea’s treatment is especially galling given that nobody has been held accountable for the alleged crimes that she brought to light’ - Margaret Huang Amnesty International is calling for an...

Mexico: Fifth journalist killed this year in sickening assault on freedom of expression

The killing of a journalist in Mexico yesterday - the fifth such incident this year - highlights the alarming situation of freedom of expression in the country, said Amnesty International. Javier...

Killings of human rights activists nearly doubled in a year - new report and campaign

Journalists, lawyers, teachers, women’s rights activists and others who defend human rights across the world are facing unprecedented levels of intimidation and violence from governments, armed groups...

Papua New Guinea: Officers responsible for prisoner killings must be brought to justice

Responding to the killing by Papua New Guinea security forces of 17 prisoners who escaped Buimo jail as part of a mass breakout last Friday, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia and the...

Manus Island: Digital verification proves bullets were fired into refugee centre - new report

Bullets were fired directly into the Manus Island refugee centre on 14 April, putting the lives of refugees and asylum-seekers there in danger, new digital verification of images and videos has...

Turkey: Detention of Cumhuriyet editor another dark day for country's media

Responding to the ongoing detention of Oğuz Güven, the web editor of the prominent Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, after he was taken into police custody this morning, Andrew Gardner, Amnesty...

USA: Return to bigoted anti-Muslim travel ban would cause immeasurable harm

The Trump administration’s executive order on travel would harm both immigrants and US citizens if allowed to enter into effect, warns Amnesty International in a briefing paper released today. The...

Russia: Knee-jerk repression as LGBTI activists arrested over Chechnya petition

In response to today’s detention of five LGBTI activists as they were trying to deliver a petition to the Office of Russia's Prosecutor General on Chechnya, Denis Krivosheev, Deputy Director for...

Russia: YouTuber convicted of blasphemy for playing Pokémon Go in a church

Russian authorities have made another blatant assault on freedom of expression in a show trial against blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, Amnesty International said today. A court in Yekaterinburg today gave...

Venezuela: Use of military courts against civilians undermines rule of law

The use of military courts to try civilians in Venezuela undermines the rule of law in the country, violating the Venezuelan constitution and international laws, said Amnesty International today...