Responding to today’s announcement declaring Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s next president, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency...

All countries must stop selling arms to Myanmar following the adoption of a resolution by the UN General Assembly condemning the use of lethal force and violence in the country, Amnesty International...

Elika Ashoori makes emotional appeal ahead of Father’s Day Retired engineer Anoosheh Ashoori, 67, detained in Iran for almost four years ‘The Iranian authorities are all too adept at using forced...

Five senior executives arrested, with premises raided by 500 police officers Journalists charged with ‘colluding with a foreign country’ under controversial National Security Law ‘Once again “national...

Health professionals at centre of human rights crisis in Belarus Dozens dismissed, with many barred from medical employment ‘I saw all these mutilated people with broken bones, faces ripped to pieces...

Dozens of children - including infants - ‘housed’ in detention African migrants held for longest periods, with some detained for more than a year ‘There should be no place in Canada for racism...

In response to news that the Hungarian government has passed a law to ban the promotion of LGBTI and gender change issues in education and advertising, David Vig , Director of Amnesty International...

Arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearance of dozens in the past year Crackdown intensified after protests against corruption and poor public services ‘Many of those detained were tried on...

Seventy groups in joint condemnation of blocking of Twitter after President Buhari’s tweet deleted UN and African Union called on to intervene Social media has been vital in protest campaigns like...

Thirteen Senedd Members appear in powerful ‘Chain of care’ photographs (images available here ) ‘This heart-warming display of Welsh political support means so much to Nazanin and our family’ - Dr...