Palestinian members of the Knesset who dare to criticise Israeli policies labelled ‘traitors’ Targeting of Palestinian KPs part of ‘deep-rooted’ discrimination against Palestinian citizens in Israel...

The Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups must ensure the protection of civilians and provision of aid as violence in northern Shan State escalates, Amnesty International urged today [3 September]...

Amnesty launches new campaign demanding Brazil step up protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the Amazon ‘This is both a human rights crisis and an environmental crisis’ – Kumi Naidoo The...

Following the publication today of a new Council of Europe report which finds that Finland is failing survivors of rape, Amnesty International’s women’s rights researcher in Europe, Anna Blus said:...

In response to the latest clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday night – which included police storming the platform of Prince Edward metro station and beating people on a...

More than 1.9 million people have been left out from the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published today, in Assam, India. Aakar Patel, Head of Amnesty International...

Responding to the arrests in Hong Kong of prominent pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow on Friday morning and independence activist Andy Chan on Thursday night, Man-kei Tam, Director of...

Some 100,000 people detained, abducted or ‘missing’ since 2011 - with 90,000 of these disappeared by government forces Relatives in Lebanon and Turkey speak of agony of trying to locate missing loved...

Responding to an attack in Hong Kong today on Jimmy Sham, the convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front, by masked men wielding baseball bats, Man-kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong...

Responding to the news that filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi was today sentenced to one year in prison in Myanmar for a Facebook post criticising the country’s military, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty...