Ioane Teitiota brought case to UN after New Zealand denied his claim of asylum as a ‘climate refugee’ ‘Governments must consider this dangerous reality and a heating planet’s imminent threat to...

Two contract psychologists to testify at Guantánamo for first time James E Mitchell and John ‘Bruce’ Jessen responsible for waterboarding, confinement in small boxes, beatings and sleep deprivation...

Amnesty International will mark the fourth anniversary of the unsolved murder of the Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni with vigils in Cambridge and outside the Egyptian Embassy in London...

Summit in Germany takes place on Sunday Amnesty investigation unearthed evidence of war crimes by both Tripoli government and Haftar’s forces EU countries attending summit must also commit to ending...

Security forces brutally beat and drag protesters through the streets At least 100 people - including five children - arrested Eight photojournalists and cameramen also attacked, with equipment...

Tel Aviv court agrees to Israel defence ministry’s request for secret process ‘NSO Group’s chilling spyware has put the lives of human rights activists around the world in danger’ - Danna Ingleton...

Peaceful protesters against India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act are being arrested and intimidated in jail by police as part of an ongoing crackdown, Amnesty International India said today...

Amnesty International is calling on China to stop using their position on the UN Security Council to shield Myanmar’s military leaders from accountability for war crimes against the Rohingya, as...

The Vietnamese authorities have stepped up a countrywide crackdown as they attempt to stifle public debate about a deadly land dispute, Amnesty International said today. The intensifying assault on...

Scores arrested after protests at shooting down of Ukrainian passenger plane Injured being turned away from hospitals where doctors fear patients risk arrest ‘The situation in Iran right now is even...