Indigenous Rarámuri leader, Julián Carrillo leader killed on 24 October 2018 Three months after the murder, Mexican authorities have still not identified those responsible ‘Defending the environment...

Responding to the Chinese authorities’ confirmation that Australian-Chinese writer Yang Hengjun has been detained on suspicion of “endangering national security”, Joshua Rosenzweig, Amnesty...

‘Protesting cannot be synonymous with death in Venezuela’ Erika Guevara-Rosas In response to reports that at least a dozen people were killed during protests in Venezuela this week, Erika Guevara...

Women protesting against being forced to wear headscarves among those rounded up ‘2018 will go down in history as a year of shame for Iran’ - Philip Luther The Iranian authorities arrested more than 7...

More than 900 women travelled to England and Wales during same period ‘Significant gap’ between number of women legally allowed abortions in Northern Ireland and the number of women forced to travel...

Cambridge Amnesty groups will hold sombre event outside Great St Mary’s Church at 6pm on Friday 25 January Minute’s silence to be held at 6.41pm, time of last contact with murdered Italian PhD...

Responding to the ‘not guilty’ verdict issued today at the re-trial of Sudanese student activist, Asim Omar Hassan, who was originally sentenced to death for killing a police officer during protests...

“LGBT+ couples must not be made to pay the price of political failure. The Irish government must do all within its power to ensure that love wins” – joint statement The leaders of Ireland’s successful...

UK opposes ban, saying it would ‘prejudice legitimate technological advances’ ‘We need to act quickly to prevent the unleashing of this nightmarish new wave of weapons’ - Oliver Feeley-Sprague More...

Open Russia’s coordinator in Rostov-on-Don could face six years in jail as crackdown on human rights defenders intensifies The Russian authorities have for the first time used the repressive...