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Today's European Commission pledge will not stop 'spiralling humanitarian crisis' in the Mediterranean

Refugees and migrants will continue to die in the Mediterranean in their thousands unless EU countries provide more resources for extensive search-and-rescue operations, Amnesty International said

Ukraine: Only two low-ranking police officers punished for EuroMaydan violence - new report

Hundreds of victims of police abuses during the EuroMaydan protests in Ukraine last year are still being denied justice, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (18 February) on

Government caught red-handed - regime for spying on legal correspondence unlawful

“This is the second time in as many weeks that government spies have been rumbled breaking the law.”

Kincora: Court decision on abuse 'right, but wrong victims being made to fight at every stage'

Amnesty International has welcomed a decision in Belfast's High Court today to allow a victim of child abuse at Kincora Boys' Home to judicially review the UK Government’s decision to

Yemen: new testimony shows how Huthis are abducting and torturing opponents

‘The safety of all those who dare to speak out against the Huthi rule is on the line - Donatella Rovera

Kincora: As victims launch legal challenge, Amnesty urges inclusion in UK abuse inquiry

Amnesty International has called for the investigation into child abuse at Kincora Boys' Home in east Belfast to be included in the wider Westminster child abuse inquiry.

Italy: new testimony from Lampedusa survivors should shock EU into action

‘We were 107 [on board] … the waves were taking the boat up and down ... I can’t count how many died’ - Lamin, from Mali

Iran: child offender to be executed on Thursday

Letter from Saman Naseem details how as 17-year-old he was tortured for 97 days into making a false confession

Pakistan: two executions today are 'a dangerous and disturbing' escalation in use of the death penalty

‘The government has apparently gone against its own stated policy of only executing those convicted on terrorism charges’ - David Griffiths

Kincora: Amnesty welcomes Home Affairs Committee recommendation for inclusion in UK abuse inquiry

Amnesty International has welcomed the recommendation by the House of Commons Home Affa