Human rights from a Northern Ireland perspective, from the Amnesty NI team.

Amnesty International is a movement of more than three million people across the globe. This blog highlights some of their stories as they fight injustice.

The death penalty is the ultimate in cruel and inhumane treatment. It reduces the state to the role of killer, and we believe it should never be used - no ifs, no buts.

Welcome to our priority campaigns blog, with the latest news and more indepth analysis of our bigger campaigns.

Our priorities change as human rights changes around the world, and right now we're focusing on our Stop Torture, My Body, My Rights, and Save the Human Rights Act campaigns. But you'll also find comments and updates on our work on Syria, LGBTI rights and human rights abuses by corporate companies.

A Scottish angle on human rights and the human rights angle on Scotland.