Amnesty supporters offer ‘simple’ birthday present of continued campaign to secure charity worker’s freedom ‘The UK Government should continue to press for Nazanin’s release using every channel of...

In response to security officers opening fire on protesters in Sudan, leaving at least nine people dead and dozens more injured over the past two days, Seif Magango, Amnesty International’s Deputy...

Responding to the comprehensive overhaul of the Metropolitan Police’s use of its controversial Gangs Matrix database recommended by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) today, Allan...

‘Case 173’ was part of an ongoing crackdown on NGOs and human rights defenders in the country ‘This was a bogus case’ - Najia Bounaim Responding to news that an Egyptian court has acquitted 43...

Prominent academic Dr Nasser bin Ghaith was jailed for ten years for Twitter comments ‘The recent imprisonment of the British PhD student Matthew Hedges … shone an international spotlight on the UAE’s...

Responding to the publication of the Home Office’s long-awaited White Paper on the future of the UK’s immigration system, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said:...

Police in Vietnam shut down a major annual meeting of grassroots groups and non-government organisations this morning in an alarming step-up of the authorities’ repression of civil society, said...

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...