DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 21/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW On 10 May, human rights defender Jeannot Randriamanana – who had been in arbitrary detention for two months- was granted provisional […]

Every year Amnesty supporters participate in the world's largest human rights event by writing letters and signing petitions in support of people at risk.

It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards have been won, prisoners of conscience released and our […]

Change is possible, especially when people come together and take action. From writing letters of support and campaigning outside corporate headquarters, to welcoming refugees into our homes and changing laws […]

The family of an LGBTI activist hacked to death in Bangladesh, the sister of a young man gunned down by Jamaican police, and 11 human rights defenders in Turkey are […]

By Guadalupe Marengo, Head of Global Human Rights Defenders Programme, Amnesty International Recent attacks on human rights defenders across the world show the urgent need for Amnesty’s new campaign to defend […]