Responding to this weekend’s excessive clampdown on peaceful protests and the passage of t he Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in Parliament over the next two days , Kate Allen, Director of...

‘It remains vital that the UK government makes urgent representations to get this second trumped-up case against Nazanin dropped’ - Kate Allen Responding to reports today that the British national...

Scottish Government commits to four international human rights treaties to protect the rights of disabled people, black and ethnic minority people, women and economic, social and cultural rights ‘ We...

Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to re-open its scrutiny of UK government failures to order a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of...

Soldiers in military units implicated in previous atrocities turning their guns on protesters Videos show commanders directing sniper fire at specific protesters, with people summarily killed in the...

Pharmaceutical companies’ restrictive patents denying vaccines to poorer countries Rich countries have bought up more than half of all vaccines despite comprising 16% of global population ‘When it...

Women’s rights activist’s appeal against conviction rejected ‘They consider peaceful activism a crime and consider activists to be traitors or spies’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to today’s decision by...

Protests triggered by arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko Individuals in plain clothes armed with clubs and guns seen beating up protesters ‘Members of the security forces who use excessive...

‘Belarus: Women on the Front Line’ highlights the important role women activists have played in recent protests ‘In a deeply patriarchal society with endemic domestic violence, women in Belarus have...

Country narrowly voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women Responding to the news that a Swiss referendum has voted in favour of banning...