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Hong Kong: Arrests under new security law a 'shameful attempt' at suppressing peaceful commemoration of Tiananmen crackdown

National security police announced the arrests of six people for allegedly violating Article 23 - the first known detentions under this law ‘Remembering the Tiananmen crackdown is not and never shall...

UK: Theatre stages Tiananmen Square play as ‘powerful reminder’ of brutal crackdown

Marking the 35 th anniversary of the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown in Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989, Amnesty International UK has teamed up with Stage June Fourth to support the first...

UK/Israel-OPT: David Cameron's remarks on Rafah refugee camp attack are 'disingenuous at best'

Responding to the Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s remarks on X today saying that an Israel Defense Forces investigation into Israel’s attack on a refugee camp in Rafah on Sunday should be “swift...

Israel/OPT: three Israeli airstrikes killed 44 civilians in Gaza - new investigation

Children playing table football were among 32 children killed in the attacks on al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza and Rafah last month Findings of detailed investigation consistent with broader...

Israel/OPT: today's ICJ ruling is a warning that all states must act to prevent genocide

All third countries have a duty to press Israel to comply with International Court of Justice’s call to halt military operations in Rafah A ceasefire remains the most effective means to alleviate the...

UK: Key Northern Ireland body warns Government of dangers over leaving ECHR

Chair of Northern Ireland Affairs Committee details dangers of leaving vital European Convention Calls to leave ECHR fail to recognise crucial role in securing peace in Northern Ireland ‘Don’t play...

Sudan: Urgent international action needed to stop mass atrocities in threatened Darfur city

Rapid Support Forces and militias surround El Fasher, the only capital city in Darfur free of RSF control ‘The conflict is having a devastating toll on civilians’ - Tigere Chagutah Responding to...

UK: Warning of 'sinister trend' as prisoners are the latest group to have their human rights 'switched off'

In response to last night’s House of Lords vote on the Victims and Prisoners Bill in which Peers failed to strike down clauses which strip away protections under the Human Rights Act, Sacha Deshmukh...

Iran: Ebrahim Raisi's death must not rob his victims of right to justice

As a member of the 1988 ‘death commission’ he ordered the execution of thousands of prisoners, and as president oversaw the lethal crackdown on women’s rights protesters Under Raisi’s watch as head of...

UK: new 'Surviving Evin' exhibition will show Anoosheh Ashoori's Iran prison experience

A powerful new pop-up exhibition will showcase the experience of UK national Anoosheh Ashoori who was arbitrarily jailed for four-and-a-half years in Iran until his release - alongside Nazanin Zaghari...