In a Seoul courtroom in March this year, a prosecutor read out charges against Jeon Seung-il, a former art student, from an indictment first written in 1989. The language had not changed, nor had the ...

Nearly four months after the U.S. airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, which killed more than ...

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs must take urgent action to condemn the unlawful use of ...

COP, or the Conference of the Parties, is the main decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This conference takes place annually and is a critical ...

100 organisations, including Amnesty International Australia and Amnesty International Türkiye, have released a joint statement ahead of COP31, calling for ambitious and inclusive climate leadership.

Saudi Arabian authorities have executed nearly 100 people so far this year, including at least 61 for drug-related offences, the latest of which was on 18 June. In response, Dana Ahmed, Middle East ...

Amnesty International Australia has made a submission to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Amnesty stands against all forms of ...

The conflict – which began after the USA and Israel’s unlawful attacks against Iran on 28 February 2026 – sparked a series of attacks by Iranian authorities and allied armed groups on the Gulf region, ...

Warning: This explainer covers issues of sexual violence, which might be triggering. It is being published with the aim of raising awareness of these crimes and the need for justice. From Syria to ...

Global demand for minerals is rising fast This is being driven by the shift to renewable energy and electric vehicles, and ...

The coastal community of Cedeño, in the Gulf of Fonseca, is facing a human rights crisis caused by the impacts of climate ...