Right to education of up to 10,000 girls still under threat post Ebola crisis Reports of humiliating physical examinations of girls on school premises

Up to 250 students attending Amnesty International’s annual student conference in London will take part in a day of action on Saturday 7 November to protest the ongoing deten

The jailing of peaceful activists, restrictions on free speech, discrimination and the political disenfranchisement of minority groups – in particular the persecuted Rohingya– seriously

Amnesty International has welcomed comments by Sir Elton John in support of the introduction of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.

‘Disappearances are driving a black market economy of bribery which trades in the suffering of families who have lost a loved one’ - Philip Luther

“If even Amnesty is fair game for the government spooks, then who else is being spied on?” – Alice Wyss

The detention of three journalists arrested for publishing a story linking senior police officers to a poaching syndicate is a shocking attempt to threaten freedom of the press, said Amnesty Intern

Responding to the government’s announcement that the UK will send a ship to help with search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean and provide £25 million to Greece, Serbia and Mac