In response to a Hong Kong’s court ruling today that the government’s refusal to grant same-sex couples access to spousal employment benefits is unlawful, Man-kei Tam, Director of Amnesty...

Up to 100 killings in Khartoum, with bodies dumped in River Nile Military forces involved in past crimes in Darfur implicated in the slaughter ‘Reports that bodies have been dumped in the river...

The Vietnamese authorities are cracking down on social media users, Amnesty International warned, ahead of the controversial trial of government critic Nguyen Ngoc Anh tomorrow. Nguyen Ngoc Anh is an...

Human rights defenders say abuse, intimidation and threats of arrest by French authorities have become “part and parcel of their daily work” 72 recorded instances of police abuse and harassment...

Amnesty International activists today ‘renamed’ the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 30 th anniversary of the notorious Tiananmen Square crackdown. This morning, a total...

‘Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey have won a famous victory for press freedom’ - Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Durham Police to drop the criminal investigation of...

“Today’s bloodshed shows that the transitional authorities have utterly failed to turn the page on Sudan’s appalling human rights record” – Sarah Jackson Amnesty International today called on the...

‘It was important to put this message right in front of the US Embassy itself’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International has unfurled giant “Resist” banners in front of the US Embassy in London as the US...

Moscow screens version with all gay references removed ‘This mutilated version of the film insults and dehumanises same-sex relationships’ - Natalia Zviagina Censorship of the Russian version of the...

White House reportedly set to bar asylum applicants who transit through a third country, meaning only Mexicans could cross southern border to claim asylum ‘This latest policy is a disgusting example...