As Adama Barrow is scheduled to be inaugurated in Senegal this afternoon, Sabrina Mahtani, Amnesty Internat

‘The law must stop treat ing Northern Ireland w o me n who need abortion s as criminal s ’ - Patrick Corrigan

Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch Joint Press Release Soldiers arbitrarily detained as political crisis deepens

Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments, with mixed-gender parties targeted

“The politics of fear should have no place in 2017” A rally will be held in Belfast on Saturday 21 January, as part of a wave of international action timed to take place on the first day of Donald Trump’s US…

With less than a week left in his term, President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning today.

Brazil’s chaotic prison system is in crisis with more than 120 inmate deaths reported since 1 January, Amnesty International said today after the confirmation of a further 26 killings inside

The UK is leading a Europe-wide “race to the bottom” with Orwellian counter-terrorism measures that seriously threaten human rights, Amnesty International warned today (17 January) as i