At least 11 leading human rights defenders recently detained without charge “The relentless crackdown on human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia will not be met with silence” – Sara Rydkvist Female...

Israa al-Ghomgham faces execution alongside four other activists Charges are “absurd and clearly politically motivated” - Samah Hadid Responding to news that Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty...

Response brings into question whether Office has “a realistic grasp on all the people it has wrongly detained and removed” - Steve Valdez-Symonds The Home Secretary is to provide a formal apology to...

Cambodian human rights defender Tep Vanny has today (20 August) been released from prison after spending more than 700 days in detention. Vanny was handed a prison sentence of two years and six months...

Responding to this morning’s announcement of the passing of Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s...

Kumi Naidoo, the new Secretary General of Amnesty International met with human rights activists from across southern Africa in Johannesburg today, to hear first-hand about their struggles. He pledged...

The Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on protests that has seen nearly 100 people arrested to date, Amnesty International said today. Two weeks after thousands of school students took to...

Kazakhstani human rights defender Zhanar Sekerbayeva has been charged with the offence of “minor hooliganism” after taking part in a photo stunt about the taboo of menstruation in her country...

Taner Kılıç, the Honorary Chair of Amnesty International Turkey who was released yesterday after more than 14 months behind bars, has said thank you to everyone who campaigned on his behalf. Taner...

Indonesian police have shot dead more than 70 people in an escalating crackdown on what they have called ‘petty criminals’ in the lead-up to the 2018 Asian Games, which open tomorrow in Jakarta, said...