Police beat peaceful protesters with batons earlier today in Harare “The scenes in Harare today demonstrate just how far the authorities will go to repress dissent” - Muleya Mwananyanda Amnesty...

Ahead of a closed-door meeting on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Security Council later today, Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said: “For the first time in...

Member of parliament Siham Sergiwa is the latest prominent woman in the country to be targeted Masked gunmen raided her home on 17 July, shooting her husband in the leg and beating her teenage son...

The charges against Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera are politically-motivated and must be dropped, Amnesty International said today ahead of his court appearance next week. Kabendera will appear...

Amnesty International is calling for former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir to face justice for crimes under international law - including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes - that he...

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have supported a boycott campaign in protest at Israeli policies ‘Israel proudly embraces leaders … such as Hungary’s Orbán or Brazil’s Bolsenaro, but automatically calls...

In response to a petrol-bomb attack on Malawian human rights defender Timothy Mtambo, which took place this morning, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Southern...

Two activists abducted and tortured - beaten with metal rods and left for dead - ahead of protests planned for tomorrow The authorities “are using some of the brutal tactics seen under the government...

Amnesty International today called for an end to the ongoing lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir as India celebrated its Independence Day, and for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to engage with the people...

The Supreme Court of India today refused to pass an order lifting severe restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, and also further extended the communications blackout in the region. The Supreme Court...