Human Rights Council set to deliver crucial statement on the jailed activists at Geneva meeting tomorrow ‘States who stay silent risk abdicating responsibility at a crucial moment’ - Heba Morayef With...

Government critics hit by wave of digital attacks coinciding with political events such as Macron’s visit ‘These digital attacks appear to be part of a sustained campaign to intimidate and silence...

Denmark has some of the highest levels of rape in Europe Rape survivors face traumatising experiences One woman forced into a police cell after reporting rape “Despite Denmark’s image as a land of...

‘Outrageous’ daily 12-hour police station confinement measure must be lifted ‘Mahmoud Abou Zeid was arrested and imprisoned solely for doing his job as a journalist’ - Najia Bounaim Responding to news...

Amnesty launches online campaign to support journalists arrested after exposing police collusion in Loughinisland massacre Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey worked on award-winning film ‘No Stone...

Seven men, including members of one family, hanged amid rise in executions “Executions have become the order of the day in South Sudan” - Seif Magango There has been a shocking rise in the use of the...

Responding to the news that doctors performed a caesarean section on an 11-year-old girl in Argentina, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “When this 11-year-old rape...

Campaigning gay rights organisation Shams faces hostile court hearing tomorrow At least 115 people arrested last year in relation to perceived sexual orientation or gender identity Article 230 of...

Call for information to be passed to international justice mechanisms ‘Those responsible for these deplorable crimes must not go unpunished’ - Saleh Higazi Responding to the findings of a report...

The Hong Kong authorities must not return two sisters to Saudi Arabia where their lives would be in grave danger, Amnesty International said today. The women, aged 18 and 20 and known as Reem and...