Egyptian authorities must immediately comply with a court decision to release Amal Fathy, a woman human rights defender who was given a two-year sentence in September for posting a video online in...

New research reveals the staggering level of abuse against women journalists and politicians from the UK and US on Twitter last year Largest ever study into online abuse against women 'These results...

Responding to reports that Google is planning to shut down Project Dragonfly, its controversial censored search app for China, Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “Media...

Amnesty fears for safety of demonstrators at tomorrow’s protests More than 1,400 people injured during recent ‘gilets jaunes’ demonstrations Rubber bullets, tear gas and sting-ball grenades used...

‘Women have waited 35 years for this’ – Colm O’Gorman Amnesty International has welcomed the passing of the bill to legalise abortion services in Ireland but warned that ‘significant flaws’ in the...

Dozens massacred, including two priests, as thousands sheltering at a Catholic mission left undefended during assault by an armed group Mauritanian UN peacekeepers deserted their posts and retreated...

Responding to the statistics on police deployment of Tasers over the last year published today by the Home Office, Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Amnesty UK’s Police and Security Programme Director, said: “...

Hundreds of wells sabotaged, trees cut down, machinery and livestock stolen Call for UN to investigate ISIS crimes related to the environment ‘Hundreds of thousands of displaced farmers and their...

‘This whole case will send a shiver down the spine of anyone who cares about the right to protest in our country’ - Kate Allen Following guilty verdicts today in the case of 15 people tried in...

Review launched on 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Outdated abortion laws, ongoing austerity, cuts to legal aid and failures to protect against violence and...