Responding to the news that at least 42 people were executed in Iraq yesterday on “terrorism” charges, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International's Middle East Research Director, said: “Yesterday's mass...

The Hong Kong government must drop prosecutions aimed at having a chilling effect on freedom of expression in the territory, Amnesty International said ahead of the third anniversary of the pro...

Lawyer Khalid Ali, leading rival to President Sisi, given jail term in bid to stop him running in 2018 election ‘His conviction on this absurd charge must be quashed’ - Najia Bounaim Today’s...

EU countries have fulfilled just 28.7% of the relocation target Two countries have failed to relocate a single asylum seeker Only one EU country, Malta, has fulfilled its quota European countries have...

Research reveals tiny UK-registered company was ‘supplier’ in massive arms deal “Despite clear and repeated warnings about the role of these companies in arms trafficking, there are still less checks...

Following a revision of President Trump’s travel ban to now include restrictions on travelers from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, Naureen Shah, senior campaigns...

Villages seen burning as recently as this afternoon Evidence ‘flies in the face of Aung San Suu Kyi’s assertions to the world that what she called military “clearance operations” in Rakhine State...

Two Syrian refugees are at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey after Greece’s highest administrative court today rejected their final appeals against earlier rulings declaring their asylum...

The UK government must reverse its decision to leave Turkey off its watchlist of countries of human rights concern, Amnesty International said today, after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office set out...

The UK had championed the resolution which ignores possible war crimes committed by Iraqi and coalition forces ‘This flawed resolution sends a dangerous message’ - Sherine Tadros The United Nations...