Charges brought against two academics, two students and a writer in Thailand for “holding an unlawful political gathering” are absurd and must be dropped, Amnesty International said today. The five...

18-month-long presidency has seen a catalogue of human rights reversals, from the detention of child migrants to the travel ban and attacks on women’s rights Call for UK Government to reset...

The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) is seeking judicial review of the Home Office, challenging the profiteering fee for registering a child as a British citizen...

Human rights organisations welcome the launch of a UK consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act UK currently has a declining trans rights record, slipping from third to fourth in European...

Plea to Jordan to open border: ‘Jordan’s border is their only gateway to safety’ - Lynn Maalouf Residents trapped, hospitals bombed, civilians who flee deliberately targeted, medical supplies...

A tax on social media use in Uganda, which came into effect yesterday, is a clear attempt to undermine the right to freedom of expression and must be scrapped, Amnesty International said today...

Indonesian security forces have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in little more than eight years in the eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua, with the majority of perpetrators never being...

European Union (EU) leaders have chosen fear over compassion by signing off Council Conclusions which could harm some of the world’s most vulnerable men, women and children, Amnesty International said...

Trial for 739 defendants following Rabaa massacre begins tomorrow “This can only be described as a parody of justice” - Najia Bounaim The mass trial verdict of 739 people, many facing the death...

Responding to the publication today of two reports by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) into the UK’s involvement in the torture of detainees overseas, Kate Allen, Amnesty...