Ebtisam al-Saegh taken away from her home by 25 masked officers shortly before midnight Shortly before her arrest she’d been tweeting about by security agents’ ill-treatment of women Amnesty...

“It is deeply ironic that every government in the UK has now pledged to address the injustice facing women from Northern Ireland, except the failed administration at Stormont” – Patrick Corrigan...

‘Decode Oil Spills’ project will track spills in the Niger Delta Innovative project comes as new legal action accuses Shell of complicity in 1990s hangings Amnesty International has launched a new...

A new frontline in South Sudan’s conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country’s fertile Equatoria region over the past year as they attempt to escape ongoing atrocities...

The Bangladesh authorities must make every effort to trace the whereabouts of and recover a prominent writer who has been abducted and may have been subject to an enforced disappearance, Amnesty...

Political leaders across Scotland have united in their support for the introduction of equal civil marriage for same-sex couples in Northern Ireland ahead of a huge march for marriage equality in...

Following news that MPs in Germany have voted in favour of marriage equality, granting all couples - regardless of their gender or sexual orientation - full rights, including adoption, in Germany...

'This policy is effectively a ban on many refugees and will have devastating effects for people in the process of being resettled' - Naureen Shah Responding to an announcement by the US State...

Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Kezia Dugdale, Patrick Harvie and Willie Rennie unite in call for same-sex couples to be able to marry in Northern Ireland Political leaders across Scotland have united...

Since being elected to office one year ago, Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte has overseen a wide range of human rights’ violations and created a climate of lethal lawlessness, Amnesty...