Over 680 people abducted this week ‘It is obvious that protecting lives and property is low on the list of Government priorities’ - Isa Sanusi Mass abductions in Nigeria this week of more than 400...

4 6 organisations sign on letter calling on Prime Minister to immediately reverse the recent crackdown on the right to protest Expansion of the definition of extremism set to penalise wide range of...

Responding to David Cameron saying the UK will participate alongside the USA and others in the creation of a “maritime corridor” for Gaza aid deliveries, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s...

Activists could be prosecuted for interacting with foreign organisations Hong Kong authorities label Amnesty as an anti-China organisation ‘The extraterritorial reach of this legislation would leave...

Amnesty International and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) have given a “cautious welcome” to a commitment from the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)...

Advertising clearance agency Clearcast says Amnesty International’s work on protecting human rights is ‘political’ Latest advert featuring Olivia Colman and Adrian Lester on perils of mould infested...

Hundreds of thousands of vehicles driven by women or with female passengers have been confiscated Scale of prosecutions unknown but fears it may to run into many thousands One woman lashed 74 times...

Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash and Admiral Viktor Sokolov wanted in relation to attacks on electricity power plants and sub-stations ‘The ICC has served notice that those alleged to have committed...

French parliamentarians vote to revise the country’s constitution to enshrine ‘guaranteed freedom’ to access an abortion. Widespread rollback in abortion rights in USA partly prompted the move ‘Today...

In response to Rishi Sunak’s speech today, Ilyas Nagdee, Amnesty International UK’s Racial Justice Director, said: “The overwhelmingly peaceful protests about mass atrocities in Gaza must not be...