The re-arrest today of yet another environmentalist in Russia’s Krasnodar region, where the Sochi Winter Olympic Games will open on Friday, is more evidence of efforts to silence dissenting voices and clamp down on…

Transgender people across Europe are being forced to decide between undergoing a raft of degrading measures to have their gender legally recognised and living with a gender based on the sex they were assigned at…

‘Vitishko and his friends have been trying to expose environmental violations during the preparation of the Sochi Olympics’ - Denis Krivosheev

With just over two weeks to go until entries for Amnesty’s Youth Awards close, Billy Bragg and Esperanza Spalding have called on 7-21 year-olds to enter the Amnesty’s Youth Awards.

The abduction and torture of Ukrainian opposition activist Dmitrii Bulatov is a barbaric act which must be investigated immediately, Amnesty International said today.

EU has so far offered to help less than 1% of Syrian refugees

‘This move is long overdue but of course it’s never too late to do the right thing’ - Kate Allen

Amnesty International has expressed concern at delays by a religious order and other bodies in submitting evidence to Northern Ireland’s Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry into child abuse in residential care…