Egyptian authorities must urgently carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the death of Hossam Hamed, a 30-year-old prisoner being held at al-Aqrab prison, amid allegations that he...

13,000 police and restrictions on protests are cause for “grave concern” Ahead of this weekend’s G7 summit during which authorities are expected to unnecessarily scale up police and judicial measures...

Protecting the human rights of Indigenous Peoples is key to preventing further deforestation – Kumi Naidoo Responding to the news of the wildfires that have been raging in the Amazon rainforest for...

Two years after Myanmar military operations forced more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee their homes, Amnesty International has warned that Rakhine State remains unsafe while those responsible for the...

Amnesty International and 10 human rights organisations urge the UN to act International community effort could prevent additional human rights violations In a public statement issued today , a...

Attackers who use phishing scams to target human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are developing increasingly sophisticated techniques to infiltrate their accounts and...

Responding to reports that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her contact with her family limited by authorities in Evin Prison, Ellie Kennedy, Campaign Manager at Amnesty International UK, said:...

Following yesterday’s events in West Papua Province, during which the local parliament building and a penitentiary were burned down and homes were destroyed, Usman Hamid, Amnesty International...

An appeals court in El Salvador today acquitted Evelyn Hernández of charges of aggravated homicide. Hernández had been convicted in 2017 under El Salvador’s strict anti-abortion laws after she...

Papua New Guinea opens accommodation for Manus Island refugees People trapped in Manus prison for six years offered chance to escape ‘The Australian Government cannot wash their hands of...