Figures down from 993 to 690 - lowest in at least a decade China remains world’s top executioner - followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Iraq But several countries saw a rise in executions -...

Nine people have been reportedly killed in Sudan since protesters began a sit-in at the military’s headquarters in Khartoum on Saturday (6 April), with police and security forces using excessive force...

Responding to a speech by International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt at an event hosted by the Canadian High Commission yesterday, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland...

Responding to the case of Laleh Shahravesh, a British woman who has reportedly been detained in Dubai on defamation charges in relation to a Facebook post in her name which called her ex-husband’s new...

Responding to the guilty verdicts for "public nuisance" against nine leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests in Hong Kong, Man-kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong...

All parties to conflict have ‘appalling’ human rights records Particular concerns for 1,300 migrants in detention centres in Qasr Ben Gashir and Ain Zara Fears of further civilian bloodshed are...

Court of Appeal set to hear case from Campaign Against the Arms Trade - with intervention from Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and Rights Watch UK ‘By selling billions of pounds worth of arms to Saudi...

US had previously denied there had been any civilians deaths after 100-plus attacks against al-Shabaab targets in past two years ‘We still need new investigation procedures and all cases of civilian...

Responding to reports that the Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested at least seven individuals - some of whom are journalists, writers and academics - Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle...

To mark the 25 th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which will begin with 100 days of commemoration from today (7 April), Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “On...