‘This verdict demonstrates that war criminals cannot hide from justice’ - Massimo Moratti Responding to today’s decision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanisms for Criminal...

11 human rights activists back in court in Istanbul in long-running case seen as emblematic of ongoing crackdown ‘H uman rights defenders in Turkey spend their days either languishing in jail or...

Forensic investigation produces evidence 14 civilians were killed in just five strikes, amounting to possible war crimes Since President Trump’s executive order two years ago, US has launched more...

With hundreds of people confirmed dead and thousands of others missing or displaced after a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and parts of Malawi, Amnesty International is calling on...

Amnesty consultant Hind Khoudary interrogated and ill-treated by security forces earlier today ‘The crackdown on freedom of expression and the use of torture in Gaza has reached alarming new levels’ -...

Head of Memorial’s Chechnya office - Oyub Titiev - subjected to ‘sham’ trial on drugs offences ‘Oyub Titiev … is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for his human rights work in Chechnya’ -...

Fighter jet’s missiles said ‘Made in Britain, ruining lives in Yemen’ ‘While UK arms companies are making money, Yemeni civilians are dying in their thousands’ - Kate Allen **PHOTOS AVAILABLE** here...

Restricting visas for investigators working on Afghanistan cases shows USA is ‘hellbent’ on rolling back human rights protections Responding to reports that the USA will restrict visas for...

‘The New Zealand we believe in… welcomes refugees and migrants, and respects the rights of everyone to practise their religion in peace’ - Kumi Naidoo The horrific attacks on two mosques in...

Charges relate to their promotion of women’s rights, and contact with Amnesty and other international organisations Activists include prominent campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul (pictured) ‘This trial is...