Amnesty International will hold a candle-lit protest vigil for the blogger and free speech activist Raif Badawi outside Belfast City Hall at 5pm tomorrow (Thursday 22 January).

Amnesty International has welcomed a decision in Belfast High Court today to grant leave for a judicial review into the refusal by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to hold a pub

Women beaten, whipped and burned by husbands - and Tahrir Square sex attacks continue unabated

Candle-lit #FreeRaif vigil comes amid fears the 31-year-old blogger will be flogged again on Friday despite international outcry

‘No one should be imprisoned simply for criticising state officials or institutions’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

‘Nabeel Rajab is being unjustly punished simply for posting tweets deemed insulting to the authorities - Said Boumedouha

USA and South Sudan only two states to not ratify Convention Spokespeople available for interviews

Amnesty International members in Northern Ireland have highlighted the case of Shaker Aamer, the only former UK resident still detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Around 5,000 killed since start of conflict last year, many of them civilians

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