The Latest Breaking News from Amnesty

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.

Amnesty UK’s chief Sacha Deshmukh accused officers of ‘supercharging racism’ after 870 black names added - three times more than whites

Exclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data reinforces discrimination in UK policing

Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said Friday.

The US president wants to send unauthorised immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, a prison notorious for the abuse of inmates.

Rights group urges Canada to end ‘closed’ work permits that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

Two Iranian men convicted of membership of the People's Mujahedin opposition group, outlawed by the Islamic republic, are at imminent risk of execution after being transferred to a different prison, the organisation and activists said on Monday.

Amnesty International has accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.”