Conflict raging at Niger’s borders with Mali and Burkina Faso Masked attackers have been documented opening fire from motorbikes and targeting men and older boys ‘We all are used to hearing gunshots...

Igor Khoroshilov, from Rostov-on-Don, arrested this morning for Facebook post Jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny has called for widespread smart voting ‘This is a blatant violation of the right to...

Amnesty has seen plans for UN return operation from Rukban camp in desert ‘berm’ area, despite clear risk of persecution in Syria ‘[The Syrian authorities] hate people from Rukban’ - Samer ‘The...

Responding to the Home Secretary Priti Patel’s reported plan to “push back” to French waters migrant boats crossing the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant...

Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation today called on global governments to support a UN-led process to regulate the trade in law enforcement equipment, highlighting how weapons such...

Ahead of the Home Secretary Priti Patel’s meeting today with the French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin over deterring migrants crossing the English Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty...

One woman and her five-year-old daughter both raped at border crossing Another woman who was raped was told, ‘This is to welcome you to your country’ ‘They electrocuted me between the eyes. I felt my...

The Lebanese authorities must prioritise the redistribution of fuel to hospitals and other healthcare facilities, which are on the brink of collapse, Amnesty International said today as it criticised...

Maryia Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak sentenced to 11 and 10 years respectively ‘[Mariya and Maksim’s sentences are] designed to crush the hopes of the millions of people they spoke for’ - Bruce Millar...

Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian convert and UNHCR-recognised refugee, was apparently abducted in Tunis on 25 August Activist has re-appeared in a court in Algeria where he faces undisclosed...