“The judges of the Supreme Court have a chance to put right centuries of human rights abuse. We urge them to take it” – Grainne Teggart Amnesty International will be an intervenor in a significant...

The discovery of the body of activist Santiago Maldonado marks a tragic day for human rights and justice in Argentina, Amnesty International said today. Maldonado was forcibly disappeared following a...

Briefing comes after controversial reported killing of British woman Sally-Anne Jones and her 12-year-old son ‘Armed drones have been used to carry out unlawful killings with minimal oversight and...

Newly-released US government documents on mass killings in Indonesia in 1965 have provided new momentum for the authorities to reveal the truth about the atrocities that have been ignored for decades...

More countries need to increase their support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, Amnesty International said today. The meeting of high-level representatives...

‘It is utterly outrageous that he was forced to spend a single minute of his young life behind bars’ - Najia Bounaim Today’s release of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa is a resounding victory for those...

Amnesty International will be an intervenor in a significant Supreme Court case next week challenging Northern Ireland’s abortion law. Sarah Ewart, whose first pregnancy was given a fatal foetal...

Evdokia Romanova fined for posting links to Guardian and BuzzFeed LGBTI stories ‘The accusations against Evdokia Romanova and her trial were absurd’ - Denis Krivosheev The Russian authorities must...

The Australian civil engineering company Canstruct International Pty Ltd (‘Canstruct’) has taken on a highly-controversial contract to run facilities on Nauru where the Australian government has...

The Myanmar security forces’ targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder, rape and burning has forced more than 530,000 Rohingya men, women and children from Rakhine State in a matter of...