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Sri Lanka: Amnesty warns of crackdown ahead of UN Human Rights Session

The Sri Lankan government is targeting critics at alarming levels, with more surveillance and harassment expected ahead of next month’s UN Human Rights Council session, Amnesty International

Uganda: Tabloid gay list publication 'chilling'

Amnesty called the publication in a Ugandan tabloid newspaper of a list of names of people accused of being gay the day after President Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law a &lsquo

Russia: arrest of 234 protesters outside Moscow court shows 'reality' after Sochi

Pussy Riot protesters Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina among those arrested

Uganda: President Museveni Signs Anti-Gay Bill

President Museveni has just signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. Amnesty International condemns this as a dangerous and draconian piece of legislation

Zambia: Verdict In Homophobic Trial Due On Tuesday

Amnesty International is calling on Zambian authorities to end the persecution of individuals based on their perceived sexual orientation.

Russia: today's guilty verdicts in Bolotnaya protest case are 'politically-motivated'

‘What happened on Bolotnaya Square … was not the quelling of a riot, but the crushing of a protest’ - John Dalhuisen

Indian government must answer questions over hundreds of deaths in Qatar

The Indian government must provide more detailed information about the circumstances of the deaths of Indian workers in Qatar following revelations about the number of Indian nationals who have die

Spain: proposed abortion bill would endanger women - letter to Spanish government

‘If passed, this bill would send the country back several decades to a precarious time for women and girls’ human rights’ - Jezerca Tigani