Idris Sultan faces charges over owning a SIM card Charges brought after comedian posts video laughing at Tanzanian President ‘It is evident that the Tanzanian authorities do not have a case against...

UK Government insisting previous Saudi violations in Yemen were ‘isolated incidents’ UK has sold around £5bn of arms to Saudi Arabia during bloody Yemen conflict ‘This seems like an attempt to rewrite...

Amnesty seeks urgent meeting with Judith Gillespie, new chair of Executive working group Repeated delays to Mother & Baby Home research, no research into clerical abuse and still no plan for public...

Attacks on Amnesty’s work follow exposure of authorities’ surveillance of leading journalist using Israeli company’s notorious spyware Journalist Omar Radi twice summoned by the authorities since 22...

MPs to vote on the Domestic Abuse Bill on Monday Frontline migrant and BME domestic abuse organisations urge MPs to vote for equal access to safety for all victims “The Government has recognised the...

Taner Kılıç sentenced to more than six years in prison after ‘politically-motivated’ trial that lasted nearly three years ‘We will continue to stand with our friends and colleagues as they appeal...

Indiscriminate airstrikes by the Myanmar military have killed civilians, including children, amid worsening conflict in the country’s Rakhine and Chin states, new evidence gathered by Amnesty...

Responding to news that Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte today signed the Anti-Terrorism Act into law, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director, said: “Under...

Istanbul court expected to deliver verdict on Friday ‘From the start, this has been a politically-motivated trial’ - Idil Eser The verdict in the trial of Amnesty Turkey’s chair, the organisation’s...

Several arrested under controversial new law, including man with ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flag in his bag Crimes of separatism among those which could see life imprisonment Responding to today’s...