The number of known judicial executions around the world declined by nearly one-third in 2018 compared to 2017, reaching the lowest level in at least a decade, Amnesty International says in its annual ...

Amnesty International has released its annual review of countries using the death penalty, finding that 2018 saw a 31% decline in executions, meaning they reached their lowest level in a decade.

WASHINGTON – Amnesty International is demanding China end its campaign of “systematic repression” and reveal the whereabouts of nearly 1 million predominantly Muslim people who have been “arbitrarily ...

Women and girls who have fled terrorist group Boko Haram are being raped by Nigerian soldiers, starved and forced to exchange food for sex, according to claims in a new report by human rights group ...

Amnesty International has given Colin Kaepernick its top human rights award for his public opposition to racial injustice. The former San Franciso 49ers quarterback is Amnesty's 2018 Ambassador of ...

AMSTERDAM – Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice that launched a sports ...

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has launched Troll Patrol, a project that will assign digital volunteers to analyze abusive tweets aimed at women on Twitter. The project follows Amnesty's ...

In 2018, women around the world led the charge against sexist, racist, homophobic, and otherwise oppressive policies. They challenged gender-based violence through the #MeToo and #NiUnaMenos movements ...

The number of executions carried out across the world have reached a 10-year low, according to a new report from human rights organization Amnesty International. At least 690 executions were carried ...

Ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick was honored with Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for his public opposition to racial injustice and police brutality. “The Ambassador of ...

Online abuse against women is a human rights issue, says a new study released jointly on Tuesday by Amnesty International and Element AI, an artificial intelligence software company that quantifies ...

Amnesty International is an independent, global campaign with millions of members who work to advocate for human rights in their communities and around the world. The members do so by investigating ...