Human rights groups are themselves ostracising LGBTI activists ‘The idea, promoted by Russia, that LGBTI rights are ‘western values’ that somehow constitute a threat to national security, is...

Following the approval of a United Nations resolution condemning President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Sherine Tadros, head of Amnesty International’s UN Office in New...

Commenting on reports that the UK-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been listed on an Iranian judicial database as “eligible for early release”, Amnesty International UK’s...

Amnesty International has appointed Kumi Naidoo as the next Secretary General of the global human rights movement. From August 2018, Kumi will succeed Salil Shetty, who served two terms as Secretary...

70,000 Somali refugees have been pressured to return from Kenya since 2014 and now face a country devastated by conflict and drought 2.1 million are internally displaced in Somalia and thousands have...

AP investigation puts civilian death toll at between 9,000 and 11,000 - with Iraqi and Coalition share ten times higher than earlier estimates ‘The failure of Iraqi and coalition forces to acknowledge...

Responding to news that the Myanmar authorities have denied access to the country for UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia and the...

The secretive judicial execution of two men earlier today (Tuesday) reflects the Japanese government’s unrepentant contempt for the right to life, Amnesty International said. Teruhiko Seki, 44, who...

‘The Russian authorities are simply sweeping up anyone who participated in order to punish them for daring to speak out’ - Oksana Pokalchuk Reacting to the simultaneous trials today of more than 70...

The Nepali government’s failure to crack down on recruitment agencies charging illegal fees for jobs abroad is leaving migrant workers trapped in a vicious cycle of debt and exploitation, Amnesty...