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World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says report

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even before the disability benefits cuts announced earlier this year – falls way below these standards.

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what has been described as "the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded". As the catastrophe unfolds, NGOs say that Europe needs to step up its intervention…

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the start of April

AMNESTY International has warned against “dangerous misinformation” ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

A loose collection of rebel groups is challenging Ethiopia’s military in one of the country’s most populous and powerful regions

Letters: Ilyas Nagdee of Amnesty International and others respond to government plans to use personal data to identify people most likely to become killers

Amnesty International documents 36 cases of women and girls as young as 15 subjected to many forms of sexual violence.

While much of the world has left capital punishment behind, the most recent report by Amnesty International shows executions last year reached their highest level globally in almost a decade, while a number of African nations are considering reintroducing the death penalty.