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Burkina Faso attack: Devastating news of deaths of Amnesty workers

It is with great sadness that Amnesty International has learned of the tragic deaths of its photographer Leila Alaoui and driver Mahamadi Ouédraogo, as a result of the Al Qaeda attack in the

Women refugees face assault, exploitation and sexual harassment journeying through Europe – new research

Governments and aid agencies are failing to provide even basic protections to women refugees traveling from Syria and Iraq.

Protesters demand urgent law reform as Northern Ireland woman faces charges for using ‘abortion pills’

Abortion law reform protestors take to streets of Belfast, Dublin, London, Galway and Cork

Response to Shaw review: UK must end 'unacceptable' use of indefinite immigration detention

The UK must end its unacceptable practice of indefinitely detaining people in immigration removal centres and radically reduce the numbers it locks up, Amnesty International UK said today in respon

In-conversation event with Syria expert Robin Yassin-Kassab - London, Wed 20 Jan

On Wednesday 20 January (7pm) Amnesty International is holding an in-conversation event with the author and journalist Robin Yassin-Kassab, a leading expert on the conflict in Syria.

Tunisia: new evidence of torture five years on from 'Jasmine Revolution'

Thousands arrested under authoritarian new laws, with night-time raids and people questioned in street about their beards

Saudi Arabia: Arrest of sister of Raif Badawi latest attempt to intimidate activists

The arrest of Samar Badawi, a prominent human rights defender and sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi, is the latest example of Saudi Arabi

Northern Ireland: Urgent law reform needed as woman faces charges for using 'abortion pills'

Northern Ireland’s cruel and outdated abortion laws must be urgently reformed, said Amnesty International today in response to reports that a 21-year-old woman from Northern Ireland is at ris

Guantánamo 14th anniversary: reminder of need for UK torture inquiry

‘Shaker Aamer’s chilling allegation that he was tortured in the presence of British agents in Afghanistan should be fully investigated’ - Kate Allen

More than 100 refugees in 'mortal danger' as they are forcibly returned to Syria from Lebanon

“By forcibly returning more than 100 refugees to Syria the Lebanese government has stooped to a shocking new low and is putting these people in mortal danger” - Sherif Elsayed-A