Open Russia’s coordinator in Rostov-on-Don could face six years in jail as crackdown on human rights defenders intensifies The Russian authorities have for the first time used the repressive...

Government’s draft Domestic Abuse Bill falls short on protecting victims from perpetrators using immigration status as a ‘weapon to abuse’ ‘The Bill barely tinkers at the edges of what is necessary to...

New satellite images analysed by Amnesty International show the horrific aftermath of a Boko Haram attack that devastated the town of Rann, in the Borno State north-east Nigeria, displacing more than...

Amnesty calls for death threat to be lifted Amnesty International has condemned a death threat made against a Northern Ireland journalist, reportedly made by “criminal elements”, and called for the...

More killed as Sudanese security forces continue ‘deadly onslaught’ on protesters Amnesty has verified videos shared on social media of security forces opening fire on protesters Sudan’s security...

Responding to the news that the UK Government has again failed to give assurances that it will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act, Rachel Logan, legal programme director at Amnesty...

‘Ripping children from the arms of their parents or guardians is a brazen violation of human rights’ - Brian Griffey In response to a report yesterday from the USA’s Health and Human Services...

Ahmed H was jailed as part of Hungarian government’s crackdown on human rights Hungarian authorities ‘will stop at nothing to demonise refugees and migrants’ - Eda Seyhan Ahead of tomorrow’s early...

European leaders are distorting the debate on migration for political gain and abandoning refugees and migrants at sea, Amnesty International said today (18 January) as it published a new analysis...

Responding to the attack on the Dusit D2 hotel complex in Nairobi yesterday, Irungu Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya, said: “According to media reports, the insurgent group...