People detained for marking Tiananmen crackdown All those arrested or in custody must be released immediately Hong Kong’s annual commemoration ceremony has been banned since 2020 ‘Commemorating the...

Prisons turned into killing fields as drug-related executions almost triple this year Overall, at least 282 people executed so far in 2023, including five for protesting ‘The judges in Revolutionary...

Teenage girl called for book Of Mice and Men to be removed from GCSE curriculum Police visited family home to pass on that a violent threat had been made against her More than eight hate-motivated...

UAE’s record of suppressing free speech and conducting digital espionage pose serious threat to conference Sultan Al Jaber, COP28’s president-designate, wants to expand fossil fuel production ‘COP28...

Clint Edwards, Esther Manito, Micky Overman and Daliso Chaponda headlining event show which will highlight cases of Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof ‘Comedy with a conscience’ night has previously...

Amendment will be formally voted in Parliament on 16 June ‘ Today’s vote is an important step to combatting widespread sexual violence in Switzerland’ - Cyrielle Huguenot In response to Switzerland's...

Appeals court confirms that former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović aided and abetted murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity The final and binding ruling...

‘Palestine on a plate’ chef Joudie Kalla introduces comedian Guz Khan to traditional ‘fattet makdous’ dish The ‘Palestine at Home’ series is part of Amnesty’s ‘End Israeli Apartheid’ campaign...

Law could see death sentences handed down for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ Call for international community to mobilise against the law ‘The signing of this deeply repressive law is a grave assault on...

Various human rights shareholder resolutions filed ahead of Wednesday’s AGM Company’s dangerous algorithms substantially contributed to Myanmar military’s atrocities against Rohingya people in 2017...