‘We have seen before that in highly-politicised cases the trial is often a mere spectacle with the outcome already decided’ - William Nee Responding to a death sentence given by a Chinese court to...

‘We are horrified by reports that at least two people have died from torture-inflicted injuries’ - Marie Struthers Amnesty International has received credible information that the authorities in the...

Cathy Newman announced as ceremony host Closing date for entries: Friday 25 January 2019 Enter here: https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/ Journalists,…

Jailed UK charity worker set to begin three-day hunger strike with human rights defender Narges Mohammadi in protest at denial of medical care ‘It’s outrageous it’s had to come to this for Nazanin and...

US-led Coalition still refusing to accept responsibility for killing hundreds of civilians in Raqqa Reacting to today’s statement by the US-led Coalition that it has begun “the process of deliberate...

A court order directing the closing of a sedition case filed against Amnesty India brings to an end a disgraceful attempt to stifle freedom of expression, the organisation said today. On Tuesday, a...

Responding to news that a court in Myanmar has rejected the appeal by jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International’s Director of Crisis Response, said: “The...

“It is not a crime to call for a better standard of living” - Sarah Jackson Amnesty International can confirm that Sudanese security forces stormed a hospital in the city of Omdurman last night...

Responding to the airing on Iranian state television of video footage showing the UK charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport in 2016, Kate Allen...

‘Khadija is one of many journalists and activists who have been targeted as part of the Azerbaijani government’s ruthless crackdown on dissent’ - Levan Asatiani The European Court of Human Rights...