‘Matthew wouldn’t be the first person to be arrested in the UAE on baseless grounds’ - Kate Allen Responding to news that Matthew Hedges, the British PhD student detained in the United Arab Emirates...

Reacting to the election of Jair Bolsonaro and Hamilton Mourão as president and vice president of Brazil, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International said: “The president-elect has...

In response to reports that President Trump plans to take executive action blocking refugees and people seeking asylum from Central America from entering the United States for protection, Erika...

Amnesty India has been targeted as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s assault on civil society. Yesterday, the Enforcement Directorate, an agency that investigates financial crimes...

Responding to the news that the European Parliament has condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called for an arms embargo, Covadonga de...

‘The Home Office has once again been exposed as being a law unto itself’ – Steve Valdez-Symonds Responding to Home Secretary Sajid Javid apology to the House of Commons after more than 130 people were...

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Rights Watch UK will be intervening in a fresh legal challenge over the UK’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The case, which was originally brought by...

House of Commons votes 207 to 117 to force Northern Ireland Secretary to act on human rights issues Amnesty International has welcomed a vote in the House of Commons this evening which will put...

Album a celebration of 21st century family life and a call to home secretary Sajid Javid to ease restrictive rules preventing refugees from reuniting with their families Includes photos submitted by...

52 pre-trial detainees died in Madagascar’s prisons in 2017 Children sharing cells with convicted criminals 700 people detained in a prison with an official capacity of 121 Almost half of prisoners in...