Responding to the news that filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi was today sentenced to one year in prison in Myanmar for a Facebook post criticising the country’s military, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty...

Two years after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign forced around 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, refugees are still trapped in unbearable conditions in overcrowded camps, Amnesty...

Responding to reports that DHS intends to reprogram disaster relief funds for ICE detention beds and funds for temporary court structures for hearings associated with the “Remain in Mexico” program...

Afghanistan’s human rights community are facing face intimidation, harassment, threats and violence amid intensifying attacks from both the authorities and armed groups, Amnesty International said in...

New data shows 2,500 Syrian refugees forcibly returned in the past three months Almost 2,500 Syrian refugees have been forcibly deported back to Syria in the past three months, according to official...

100 people arrested, 50 kettled and many more prevented from peacefully demonstrating by French authorities Summit talks about the climate crisis and gender equality undermined by heavy-handed...

Human rights violations risk going unreported because of communication blockade Administrative detention used by authorities to curb political mobilisation Amnesty International today called on the...

A video of the killings went viral in July last year Amnesty analysis revealed evidence that the Cameroon military were responsible Seven soldiers are set to go on trial tomorrow (27 August) for the...

During his first year as President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has presided over a systematic and brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and attempts to...

'The Tanzanian authorities are clearly intensifying their crackdown on dissent and journalists are on the frontline of attack’ - Joan Nyanyuki Responding to the arrest of Tanzanian journalist Joseph...