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China: Detention of artist for Financial Times interview on Tiananmen condemned

The Chinese authorities must end the persecution of people attempting to mark the 25 th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International said after a Chinese-born Australian

Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes announcement on overdue racial equality strategy

Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement from the Northern Ireland Executive that it will publish the long-delayed Racial Equality Strategy before Stormont's summer recess.

Iran: repression of students and academics has 'squeezed life out' of universities - new report

Crackdown has seen ‘Islamicisation’ of university curriculums to banish ‘Western’ influences

India: Gang rape and murder of teenage girls 'damning indictment of failure to stem violence against women'

The gang-rape and murder of two teenage Dalit girls in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh is a gruesome reminder of the violence that Dalit women and girls face in India, Amnesty International India said today.

China: Mass sentencing of Uighurs in stadium condemned as 'charade'

The deplorable mass sentencing of 55 people at a stadium in China’s north-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is a charade which will only exacerbate tensions in the region, Amnesty Int

Break-up of Calais migrant camps risks aggravating 'catastrophic' health situation

‘France must respect its obligation to migrants and asylum-seekers and treat them with dignity, not throw them to the wind’ - Stephan Oberreit

Northern Ireland: Garda-IRA collusion allegations must be investigated

Responding to allegations of Garda-IRA collusion in a number of Troubles-related killings, made in a BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight programme broadcast on Tuesday night, Patrick Corrigan, Programme

Eric Cantona: Brazil has priced out real fans and Qatar should never have got the World Cup

Former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona has spoken exclusively to Amnesty on the failures of the Brazilian government, corruption in FIFA and the extreme poverty that is pricing fans out o