Sentences are ‘clearly intended to instil fear’ - Gauri van Gulik At least 100 journalists are currently behind bars in Turkey, the highest number of any country in the world Following the aggravated...

Amnesty International UK has today revealed the finalists for its Media Awards 2018, a prestigious set of awards that have now been running for 27 years. The winners of this year’s awards will be...

Teodora del Carmen Vásquez, who was jailed following pregnancy-related complications resulting in stillbirth, has been freed today after a decade behind bars. With at least 27 women still imprisoned...

Morgan Tsvangirai was a courageous politician who also stood up for human rights for the people of Zimbabwe, often at personal cost, Amnesty International said following the death of the opposition...

‘Our leaders must take action to protect people from gun violence’ - Margaret Huang Responding to the school shooting in Parkland in the US state of Florida last night, Margaret Huang, Executive...

‘During Jacob Zuma’s presidency, South Africa was blighted by serious human rights violations’ - Shenilla Mohamed Responding to the news that Jacob Zuma has resigned as the president of South Africa...

Video posted to Twitter by Armed Forces shows internationally-banned US-made cluster munitions being loaded for use in Sinai operation ‘Cluster bombs are inherently indiscriminate weapons that inflict...

Commenting after Ethiopian journalist and Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Eskinder Nega walked out of prison a free man today, as part of a government pardon of 746 prisoners, Sarah...

Responding to a Court of Appeal judgement that two Niger Delta communities cannot have their case against oil giant Shell heard in the UK because the parent company cannot be held liable for the...

Legislation would require NGOs to ask permission to perform their ‘basic functions’ – a process which could take up to nine months NGOs would be forced to pay a 25% tax on foreign donations A new bill...