• Oct 21 2015
  • 2:42pm
Bahrain: one-year jail sentence for activist who ripped up King's photo is 'ludicrous'
Conviction against Zainab Al-Khawaja denounced as ‘vindictive assault on freedom of expression’  
  • Oct 21 2015
  • 12:00am
South-east Asia: thousands of Rohingya refugees may have perished at sea - new report
100 new testimonies show how persecuted Rohingya refugees from Burma suffered horrific abuses on board boats where beatings were systematic  
  • Oct 20 2015
  • 12:25pm
ANGOLA: HUNGER STRIKING RAPPER IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Activist and musician Luaty Beirão admitted to hospital on 15 October
  • Oct 20 2015
  • 12:24pm
FATHER TED WRITER GRAHAM LINEHAN JOINS FORCES WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO FIGHT IRELAND’S REPRESSIVE ABORTION LAWS
“These cruel and dangerous abortion laws have no place in a modern country.” – Graham Linehan  
  • Oct 19 2015
  • 7:09pm
Saudi Arabia: leading human rights activist Abdulkareem al-Khoder jailed for ten years
Abdulkareem al-Khoder’s list of offences included ‘disobeying the ruler’  
  • Oct 16 2015
  • 12:36pm
SAUDI ARABIA: FEARS GROW OVER IMPENDING EXECUTION OF THREE YOUNG ACTIVISTS
Ali al-Nimr, Dawood Hussein al-Marhoon and Abdullah Hasan al-Zaher have been moved to solitary confinement  
  • Oct 15 2015
  • 4:40pm
Hundreds to protest as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits London
On Tuesday 20 October, the first day of a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, (20-23 October) Amnesty International and various groups concerned with human rights issues in China, will pro
  • Oct 15 2015
  • 4:40pm
US Congress must launch urgent inquiry into Obama's drone use
The US Congress must launch an immediate independent inquiry into the Obama administration’s drone strikes overseas, Amnesty International said following today’s publication of a series
  • Oct 15 2015
  • 11:00am
Indonesia: New report on justice flaws in death penalty case
Death row prisoners in Indonesia are routinely denied access to lawyers and are coerced into “confessions” through severe beatings, while foreign nationals facing the death penalty have