‘We ended up with … a collection of songs that goes back to the very first Vic cover by Orange Juice, to the very latest from Blue Orchids’ - Joe Mckechnie A new collection of Vic Godard cover songs...

The Myanmar security forces’ devastating campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya in Rakhine State is far from over, Amnesty International said today, as it published fresh evidence of...

‘They couldn’t breathe, they were coughing non-stop, they had red eyes and some were vomiting severely’ - nurse describing victims Amnesty International has gathered testimony which strongly points to...

The Maldivian government must immediately release judges and opposition politicians it has arbitrarily detained through emergency powers, Amnesty International said today. Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty...

Responding to the Chinese authorities’ admission today that Gui Minhai, a bookseller with Swedish nationality, is again being detained and faces criminal charges, William Nee, Amnesty International’s...

Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law have sentences overturned In response to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal today overturning the jail sentences for three leaders of the pro-democracy Umbrella...

Amnesty International has warned that today’s 15-day declaration of a state of emergency in the Maldives must not become a licence for further repression. Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International...

‘Once again, dissent and critical voices are coming under attack in the Maldives’ - Dinushika Dissanayake The government of the Maldives should release arbitrarily detained members of the political...

Abuse-ridden conflict recently entered its fifth year Responding to news that the US government has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, now in its fifth year of an armed conflict that has led to...

‘We are extremely concerned that these individuals are now at risk of torture’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to reports that at least six young human rights activists - including Shima Babaei and...