Responding to news that Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Britain for a series of high-profile meetings, Kerry Moscogiuri, Amnesty International UK’s Director of Campaigns, said: “The UK Government must...

In response to news of a Russian-brokered proposal for “de-escalation zones” in Syria signed by Turkey and Iran today and welcomed by the Syrian government, Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research at...

On Thursday 18 May Amnesty International is hosting the premiere of a new play to mark the 50th anniversary of the Israeli military occupation of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. “Camouflage”...

Shocking reports that five boys tortured to confess to crime were executed on 8 April and a further two face execution at any moment Amnesty International is urgently calling on authorities in Somalia...

Following today’s suspension of more than a dozen police officers and the announcement of an internal investigation into revelations that 12 people were detained illegally in a cramped “secret jail...

Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure their adequate protection show that Afghanistan remains an unsafe country for refugees...

The ‘Statue of Liberty’ protested outside the US Consulate General in Belfast today (Thursday 27 April) to mark US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office (29 April). The statue protest -...

Three NGOs founded by the former Russian prisoner of conscience and ardent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his allies were designated as “undesirable” by Russia's Prosecutor General’s Office...

The arrest of nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists is the latest sign the authorities are intent on punishing dissenting voices about the future political status of the city, Amnesty International...

Amnesty calls on UK Government to guarantee truth and justice for all Northern Ireland victims The House of Commons Defence Select Committee’s call for an end to investigations for killings and...