‘Mahmoud al-Werfelli led an army unit that is accused of atrocities, including the extrajudicial executions of unarmed and defenseless captives’ - Heba Morayef ICC urged to expand its investigations...

Responding to attempts by Kenya’s NGO regulator to shut down two human rights organisations - the African Centre for Open Governance and the Kenya National Human Rights Commission - Michelle Kagari...

Reacting to the guilty verdict against pro-democracy activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa (known as ‘Pai Dao Din’), who was today sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for violating Thailand’s lèse...

Amnesty International and 63 other organisations are demanding the release of the Cambodian human rights activist Tep Vanny today on the one-year anniversary of her arrest on trumped-up charges. In a...

‘It’s time for Trump to completely change course’ - Njambi Good In response to President Trump’s comments today on the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white supremacists following violence at a white...

‘Our story is the stuff of nightmares’ - Richard Ratcliffe Amnesty International has selected a new play about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a possible recipient of its International Freedom of...

People from around the world write peace messages ahead of the publication of the first picture book set to Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ lyrics Celebrities including Richard Curtis and Juliet Stevenson have...

In response to events in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday (12 August), where it is reported that one woman died and 19 people were injured when a car rammed a crowd of people opposing a "Unite the...

The Kenyan authorities must investigate reports that police shot dead demonstrators protesting against the outcome of the presidential election last night, said Amnesty International today as...

The Chinese authorities must end their persecution of prominent activist Wu Gan and immediately and unconditionally release him ahead of his expected trial tomorrow (Monday 14 August), Amnesty...