Following the release of Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Mkhaïtir, who was sentenced to death and held in arbitrary detention for more than five years after publishing a blog on caste discrimination...

At least three injured Islamic Movement in Nigeria detainees have died in police custody 15 injured protesters, including minors, held incommunicado for weeks Police raid government hospital and...

The Indian government’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir is likely to inflame tensions in the area and increase the risk of further human rights violations, Amnesty...

Human rights organisation also aims to become carbon neutral by 2035 and slash air travel by a third Financial investment in fossil fuel companies should be seen as ‘a deadly gamble that jeopardies...

Around 600 arrested, following 1,400 arrests last weekend ‘The Russian authorities have shown nothing but disdain for human rights and the notion of peaceful protest’ - Natalia Zviagina Amnesty...

Authorities urged to end their crackdown on women’s rights activists, including Loujain al-Hathloul, Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sada Women will still need a guardian’s permission to be married or to...

‘Muzzling of dissent has had a devastating and chilling effect’ - Marta Colomer Repressive measures such as torture, extra judicial executions, arbitrary arrests used by the world’s longest serving...

‘The mere fact that forms of expression are considered insulting to a public figure is not sufficient ground to penalise anyone’ - Joan Nyanyuki Stella Nyanzi, a prominent Ugandan academic, has been...

Amnesty International has again called on Japan to abolish the death penalty after two men were executed in the country this morning. In the early hours of Friday morning, Koichi Shoji, 64, was hanged...

The bombing of medical facilities is ‘part of a pattern’ by the Syrian authorities ‘During the offensive on Idlib, the Syrian authorities have repeatedly displayed a callous disregard for the lives of...