Responding to news that former Sudan president Omar Al-Bashir is being detained in Kober prison in Khartoum, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, said: “Omar Al-Bashir...

Tomorrow marks one year since Nicaragua’s violent crackdown on protests over social security reforms began. Ahead of the anniversary, Amnesty International is reiterating its call for an immediate end...

Responding to the news that a court in Bahrain has convicted 139 people of terrorism charges after an unfair mass trial, and revoked the citizenship of all but one, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International...

More than 700 people trapped in a detention centre near Tripoli fighting ‘The UK Government is one of those partly responsible’ - Steve Valdez-Symonds Responding to reports that more than 700 refugees...

Responding to leaked French military documents published today by an investigative news site highlighting the widespread use of French weapons in the conflict in Yemen, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty...

Tomorrow marks one year since Amber Rudd’s formal apology in Commons Call for ‘fundamental reforms’, including removal of profit element from fee for people registering their rights to British...

One month since Cyclone Idai hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe - killing more than 1,000 people, with many more still missing and feared dead, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless - the...

Responding to the news that Salah Gosh, head of the Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), which spearheaded the deadly crackdown against protesters in recent months, has stepped...

Discriminatory measure comes into force today In response to President Trump’s transgender military ban going into effect today, Tarah Demant, Amnesty International USA’s Gender, Sexuality and...

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision not to authorise an investigation into crimes committed in Afghanistan under international law marks a shocking abandonment of victims and will...