Responding to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s letter to Congress, Charanya Krishnaswami, Americas Advocacy Director at Amnesty International USA said: “Secretary Nielsen...

In response to the Burundian government’s decision to ban the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from operating in the country and to continue the suspension of the Voice of America (VOA) until...

Five years since the first same-sex UK marriage, Peter McGraith calls for marriage equality to be extended to Northern Ireland Equal marriage advocates Conor McGinn MP and Lord Hayward issue joint...

Responding to the news that Facebook will no longer allow content supporting white nationalism and white separatism to be published, Tanya O’Carroll, Director of Amnesty International Tech, said: “As...

Responding to the release of three Saudi women activists, Iman al-Nafjan, Aziza al-Yousef and Ruqayyaa al-Mhareb, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Research, said: “The...

Amnesty International today issued an urgent call to the Israeli forces to show restraint when faced with mass demonstrations on Saturday. Thousands or people are expected to take to the streets to...

Despite being among the top-ranking countries in the world in terms of gender equality, four Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) have disturbingly high levels of rape and survivors...

‘Beneath the glamour of the F1, there is a far more sinister side to Bahrain’ - Samah Hadid Ahead of the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, Amnesty International has highlighted the grim...

Husband Richard Ratcliffe, other family members and Hampstead Mothers will attend 155 bunches of flowers - representing number of weeks mother-of-one has already been in jail - to be laid at door of...

Reacting to reports that EU governments have agreed to significantly downscale the EunavforMed Operation ‘Sophia’, withdrawing ships from the central Mediterranean and only continuing the mission with...