UN talks to agree a Global Compact on Refugees by 2018 One week left before proposal is locked in ahead of September Summit

Northern Ireland only part of UK with marriage ban for same-sex couples

Responding to the government's admission that Parliam

European Convention on Human Rights suspended for duration of state of emergency

Both the Ukrainian government and the Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arb

Abuses by Nour al-Dine Zinki Movement - believed to be behind the killing - documented in earlier Amnesty report

As the sweeping crackdown in Turkey following a failed coup continues, Amnesty International has warned that purges are being extended to censor media houses and journalists, including those critic

There must be a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into reports that scores of men, women and children were killed in their homes by US-led coalition airstrikes on al-Tukhar village,

Human rights in Turkey are in peril following a bloody coup attempt on Friday 15 July, which resulted in the deaths of at least 208 people and almost 8,000 arrests, Amnesty International said today