Prominent blogger Roman Protasevich was on a flight from Athens to Vilnius Ryanair plane forced to land after ‘bomb’ scare, with MiG-29 fighter jet intervening ‘This apparent act of air piracy is...

COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act promises accountability for violence against Asian and other communities of colour ‘The US must confront and uproot the systems of white supremacy’ - Joanne Lin Responding to...

Two types of US-made grenade launchers used by Colombian security forces Four weeks of protests have been met by police violence, with dozens of deaths ‘The United States role in fueling ceaseless...

Draft ‘Rome Declaration’ to be agreed at summit includes no mention of waiving vaccine patents Under current plans, less developed countries will not receive enough doses to achieve widespread...

New report includes disturbing testimony, with guards themselves shocked at orders they received Some asylum-seekers, including children, put in freezing-cold steel containers - or ‘reflection rooms’...

Children beaten by Spanish guards after border gates thrown open Stand-off appears to be Morocco’s ‘retaliation’ for separatist leader’s medical treatment in Spain ‘Spanish abuses are also EU abuses’...

TUT.by, relied on by more than 40% of Belarusian internet users, taken down and editors interrogated after office and house raids Move follows jailing of TUT.by reporter in March ‘It is a full-scale...

Up to 200,000 Navalny supporters could fall foul of new laws Parliamentarians urged to reject bills threatening freedom of association and expression ‘Having unjustly imprisoned its arch foe, the...

Large demo to take place in Copenhagen tomorrow At least 39 Syrians in country have received their final assessment and are now in position to be deported ‘Our research shows that Syrians who have...

Amnesty International UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Sacha Deshmukh as its new interim Chief Executive Officer. He will lead Amnesty UK until at least January 2022 as the organisation...