Responding to the guilty verdict and six-month prison sentences handed to three activists today for their role in a peaceful protest in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, Amnesty International’s […]

Write for Rights also coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Whether they face vitriolic harassment online, intimidation for demanding equal services or death threats […]

Women human rights defenders experience harassment and violence because of what they’re advocating for and because of their gender. People who advocate for freedom, justice, and equality often do so […]

Responding to the news that the cases of twelve men from Saudi Arabia’s Shi’a minority who were sentenced to death last year have been transferred to the ‘Presidency of State […]

52 pre-trial detainees died in Madagascar’s prisons in 2017 Many pre-trial detainees, including children and women, held in lengthy detentions for petty crimes such as minor theft Appalling conditions of […]

By Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada Even as the truth about how Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 remains elusive, there is […]

On his return from a field visit to Raqqa in Syria, Amnesty International’s new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo has described the horrific destruction and utter human devastation he witnessed, one […]

Prisoners under sentence of death must be treated with humanity and dignity and held in conditions that meet international human rights law and standards, said Amnesty International on World Day […]

Responding to the UN Human Rights Council’s adoption of a resolution on Myanmar in Geneva today, Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Director, said: “Today’s resolution is an important step […]

Responding to President Donald Trump’s remarks at the United Nations General Assembly, Margaret Huang, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, stated: “President Trump continues to attack human rights not only […]

The Syrian government, backed by Russia, has intensified unlawful attacks on civilians in Idlib using internationally banned cluster munitions and unguided barrel bombs in a prelude to a widely anticipated […]

A blistering report released by the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (FFM) today brought yet more damning evidence of the Myanmar security forces’ atrocity crimes against the Rohingya and […]