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India: authorities slammed for failure to investigate police rape allegations made by 13 Adivasi women

‘The authorities must thoroughly investigate both the allegations of abuse and the delay’ - Gopika Bashi

FIFA: Presidential candidates should pledge to end human rights abuses linked to World Cup

The candidates seeking the FIFA presidency should sign up to a set of pledges to prevent human rights abuses and corruption linked to the World Cup and other FIFA events, said a group of leading NG

Dozens drown in shipwrecks off Greece

Amnesty International UK’s Refugees Programme Director Steve Symonds said:

Burma: Activist jailed for 'harmless' Facebook post on same day as prisoner amnesty

102 people released in prisoner amnesty British man Philip Blackwood among prisoners released today

Turkey: Onslaught on Kurdish areas putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk

The Turkish government’s onslaught on Kurdish towns and neighbourhoods, which includes round-the-clock curfews and cuts

Denmark in 'race to the bottom' as Parliament debates changes to refugee law

Proposed changes to Denmark’s refugee law would have a devastating impact on vulnerable people who, in addition to having assets seized, would be forced to wait years for the chance to be reu

Pakistan: Taliban targetting of university an affront to humanity

“It is now painfully clear that putting to death more than 300 people…in the name of fighting ‘terrorism’ has done nothing to prevent such tragedies” - Champa

Iraq: Peshmerga have destroyed thousands of Arab homes in revenge campaign - new report

Yezidi militia also bulldozed Arab homes, with ‘support for Islamic State’ being cited as justification for possible war crimes

Exposed: The child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries

Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Vodaphone are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products,