Politician and human rights lawyer Zyad el-Elaimy sentenced to year in prison for ‘spreading false news’ ‘He is a prisoner of conscience, who has been swept up in Egypt’s ruthless purge of critics and...

ECHR ruled that Slovenia did not violate rights of Roma families by failing to ensure access to water and sanitation Right to water was included in the Slovenian Constitution in 2016 ‘It is shameful...

New report reveals how security forces beat, raped, tortured and killed protesters ‘We are urging Sudan’s transitional authorities to hold thorough, effective and independent investigations... Every...

Right to drive campaigner was arrested nearly two years ago 13 women’s rights activists remain on trial, part of a 2018 crackdown ‘How can they initiate change in the country when the very women who...

Malawian authorities have mounted a crackdown on dissent ahead of the general election rerun on 19 May by arresting two prominent human rights activists, Amnesty International said today. Gift...

Family Division court issued ‘fact-finding’ judgement in favour of Princess Haya’s allegations of mistreatment by former husband Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed had insisted his conduct toward his wife...

Hajer Mansoor was apparently jailed to intimidate UK-based Bahraini exile, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei ‘Her sham trial was nothing more than act of reprisal’ - Lynn Maalouf Responding to today’s release from...

Sergei Filatov is ‘prisoner of conscience’, says Amnesty Case is first of its kind in Russian-occupied Crimea ‘It’s the latest example of the wholesale export of Russia’s brutally repressive policies...

Responding to the International Criminal Court’s decision to open an investigation into international crimes in Afghanistan, Solomon Sacco, Amnesty International’s Head of International Justice, said...

New report sets out need for independent commission of inquiry to investigate widespread human rights violations that occurred in 2019 ‘Authorities may be counting on coronavirus to extinguish the...