Responding to the arrest warrant served to Maria Ressa at the Rappler offices today on charges of ‘cyber libel’, Butch Olano, Director of Amnesty International Philippines, said: “Just days after the...

Medivac Bill passes in parliament and government announces it will reopen Christmas Island detention centre Refugees are not ‘pawns to be used to score political points’ - Dr Graham Thom Following the...

Oil giant accused of instigating horrific human rights abuses against Ogoni people in the 1990s First time the case will be heard in court after a 23-year-long fight for justice Widows of the killed...

Military blocking access to food and indiscriminately shelling villages Army units responsible for past atrocities involved in operations More than 5,000 civilians displaced since December “The...

Responding to news that footballer Hakeem Ali al-Araibi will not be extradited to Bahrain, Senior Director of Global Operations, Amnesty International’s Minar Pimple, said: “This was a baseless and...

Amnesty research documents the Zimbabwean authorities’ brutal crackdown against recent protests over fuel prices Killings, reports of rape by military personnel and widespread arbitrary arrests of...

Reports that prisoners needed hospital treatment as a result of tear gas Responding to reports that Iranian prison guards in riot gear beat prisoners and used tear gas, firearms and pepper spray...

Hadj Ghermoul arrested for Facebook photo showing him holding ‘No to a fifth term in office’ sign opposing fifth presidential term for veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika ‘It is completely absurd that...

‘They remain convicted of an offence which simply doesn’t fit their actions and this trial could have a dangerous chilling effect on peaceful protest in this country’ - Kate Allen Amnesty...

Responding to the announcement by Radio Free Asia that one of their contributors, Truong Duy Nhat, was reportedly abducted in the city of Bangkok in Thailand, Amnesty’s Senior Director for Global...