Responding to the news that Robert Mugabe has resigned as President of Zimbabwe, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said: “After more than three decades of violent repression...

Amnesty calls on UK Government to guarantee truth and justice for all Northern Ireland victims Amnesty International has called on the UK Government to reject the idea of a statute of limitations to...

The conviction and sentencing of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to two years in jail is utterly unjust and he should be immediately and unconditionally released, said Amnesty...

The Rohingya people in Myanmar are trapped in a vicious system of state-sponsored, institutionalised discrimination that amounts to apartheid, Amnesty International said today. The 111-page report...

One in five women experienced online abuse or harassment - women reported psychological distress as a result “Social media can be a toxic and dangerous place for women” - Kate Allen ***Spokespeople...

Amnesty International has welcomed today’s passing of a motion at Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis which extends the party’s support for abortion access to when a woman or girl’s physical or mental health is at...

Amnesty International has today called on the Kenyan police to stop firing live ammunition during opposition protests and instead protect all people gathering in public, following running battles in...

Blockade has left millions of people on brink of starvation ‘Countries such as the USA, UK and France … risk being complicit in grave violations, including war crimes’ - Philip Luther The UK, the USA...

Reacting to the Cambodian Supreme Court’s decision to dissolve the main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director of Southeast Asia and...

‘At this tense time, it is essential that the military ensure the safety and security of all people in Zimbabwe’ - Deprose Muchena In response to the military takeover and subsequent control of parts...