String of gruesome fatalities caused by recent use of heavyweight military-style weapons, with entire grenades lodged in victims’ smoking skulls Serbian and Bulgarian-made weapons up to ten times...

Responding to the conviction and one-year prison sentence handed down today to five members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe, Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s research...

Malicious Israeli-made spyware used to ‘intimidate, track, and punish’ 100 human rights activists Amnesty supports legal case to force Israeli MoD to revoke NSO’s export license Responding to a...

Iraqi security forces resorted yet again to excessive and unlawful lethal force to disperse crowds of largely peaceful protesters in the southern city of Karbala last night, Amnesty International said...

Bans on political activities and newspapers Opposition party members shot Erick Kabendera amongst journalists caught up in wave of arbitrary arrests The ‘government must repeal all oppressive laws...

Turkish authorities have taken handcuffed refugees in buses back to Syria ahead of creating so-called ‘safe zones’ Refugees beaten into signing ‘voluntary return’ documents, with others told they were...

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ announcement yesterday that they had amputated the hand of a man imprisoned for theft in a prison in Sari in the northern province of Mazandaran, Saleh Higazi...

Responding to the news that China will host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021, Allan Hogarth, Amnesty International UK’s Head of Policy and Government Affairs, said: “China being chosen to host the FIFA...

The Myanmar military is still committing atrocities against ethnic minorities in the north of the country, with civilians suffering most during offensives against multiple armed groups, Amnesty...

Stanislav Aseev sentenced to 15 years by court in ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Ukrainian reporter had remained in territory after takeover by Russia-backed armed groups ‘This sentence is the latest...