Climate activists Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement given top Amnesty International award in Washington DC ‘No one is too small to make a difference’ - Greta Thunberg 'A mass movement...

Repressive laws, jailings, beatings by ‘unknown’ assailants, bank account freezes and smears in state media - among a battery of measures used against activists Russia’s LGBTI activists and human...

What : Belfast Court of Appeal to rule on Friday 20 September whether an investigation into criminal acts committed during the interrogation of the ‘Hooded Men’ should proceed Where : Royal Courts of...

Amnesty International UK is inviting entries for its 28th annual Media Awards, a prestigious set of awards that recognise the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in...

This weekend (14-15 September) will see the first cohort of young activists take part in Amnesty International UK’s ‘Rise Up’ youth activism training programme, supported by The Co-operative Bank. The...

Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that domestic abuse legislation will be reintroduced to Parliament in the Queen’s Speech (14 October), Karla McLaren, Amnesty International UK’s...

Little progress made in case of murdered Rio councillor Marielle Franco, 18 months on Amnesty calls for all those responsible, including the instigators, to be brought to justice “Brazil remains one...

Responding to media reports that two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, with one of the women said to have been sentenced to ten years in jail, Eilidh...

Glasgow 2020 an 'unmissable opportunity to turn the tide' and avert escalating climate crisis - Kerry Moscogiuri Responding to the announcement that Glasgow has been confirmed as host for the 2020 UN...

Kumi Naidoo writes to 25,000 headteachers, urging them to ‘neither prevent nor punish’ pupils from taking part in the global days of strikes Letter comes ahead of biggest ever wave of global climate...