A new report by human rights group Amnesty International said that China has forcibly sent Uighur exiles' children into orphanages. The rights group has asked China to release all Uighur children being held in state orphanages without the consent of their families.

China sending children of exiled Uighurs to orphanages: Report

A senior Mozambique general on Sunday denied a recent Amnesty International report accusing government forces, a private security company and militants of killing hundreds of civilians in the country's insurgency-hit northeast.

Mozambique general denies Amnesty 'war crime' allegations

Security forces for Myanmar's military regime are using battlefield weapons on unarmed protestors and carrying out premeditated killings orchestrated by their commanding officers, Amnesty International said Thursday.

Amnesty documents allege atrocities against Myanmar protestors

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Israel to provide coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. He said the Jewish state was obligated to do so under international law.

Amnesty calls on Israel to give Palestinians Covid vaccine

Switzerland's parliament on Friday approved a bill Friday allowing same-sex couples to marry, finally bringing the small Alpine nation into line with much of Europe on gay rights.

'Historic victory': Switzerland's parliament approves same-sex marriage

Amnesty International has had a troubled relationship with every kind of government in India. The BJP-led government in India has launched an investigation into Amnesty. India's Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) said that Amnesty International has been denied FCRA approval by successive governments since it's not eligible to get such approval.

Indian government rejects Amnesty International's claims

Amnesty International has had a troubled relationship with every kind of government in India. Both under the BJP and the Congress, this group has been subjected to scrutiny and investigation.

Amnesty International and its trajectory of trouble in India

India's Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) said today that Amnesty International has been denied FCRA approval by successive governments since it's not eligible to get such approval.

To circumvent FCRA, Amnesty remitted large amounts of money to entities in India by classifying it as FDI: Home ministry

Nearly 2,000 Yazidi children freed from the grip of the Islamic State group in recent years are still trapped by psychological and physical trauma, Amnesty International warned on Thursday.

Yazidi children freed from IS haunted by health crisis, says Amnesty

Two men have been "arbitrarily detained" by Afghanistan's intelligence agency after exposing a paedophile ring that allegedly abused hundreds of boys, Amnesty said Monday in a statement urging the pair's release.

Amnesty urges release of Afghan men who exposed paedophile ring

More than 100 demonstrators are believed to have been killed across Iran since leaders ordered security forces to stamp out protests triggered by fuel price rises, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

More than 100 protesters believed killed in Iran: Amnesty

At least 16 people have been killed in violence in Ethiopia this week that began with protests against Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy Ahmed, an Amnesty International researcher said Friday.

At least 16 dead in anti-Abiy protests in Ethiopia: Amnesty

Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police on Friday of torture and other abuses in their handling of more than three months of pro-democracy protests, but the police say they have shown restraint on the street in the face of increased violence.

Amnesty accuses Hong Kong police of abuses, torture of protestors

Rights group Amnesty International Friday called for justice for those killed during months of protests that rocked Sudan, insisting that demonstrators had faced "disproportionate and unnecessary" violence.

Amnesty wants justice for victims of Sudan protests

Nicaragua said on Monday it released 50 political prisoners under a new law that frees people arrested amid a year of anti-government protests while also protecting police and others who violently clamped down on the demonstrations.

Nicaragua releases political prisoners under contentious new amnesty law

Myanmar's military is guilty of committing new "war crimes", extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh 'war crimes' in Rakhine

Myanmar began releasing prisoners on Friday after the president announced he would pardon nearly 7,000 people in addition to thousands released earlier this month.

Myanmar pardons nearly 7,000 prisoners in their second amnesty this month

On the first day of the traditional New Year in Myanmar, the country on Wednesday released over 9,000 prisoners from jails. The release of the prisoners came in the wake of the President Win Myint's announcement of amnesty on day 1 of the New Year.

Myanmar releases over 9,000 prisoners in New Year amnesty

Sri Lanka on Wednesday began interviewing 47 applicants for two positions as hangmen, officials said, as Amnesty International urged Colombo not to bring back capital punishment.

Sri Lanka interviews 47 potential hangmen, Amnesty urges it to not bring back capital punishment

The security forces in Myanmar have bombed villages and are blocking civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance amid a crackdown targeting rebels in the troubled Rakhine State, the Amnesty International said on Monday.

Amnesty says Myanmar army shelling villages, blocking aid in Rakhine

Amnesty India Monday said that the Indian government's expulsion of Rohingya asylum-seekers to Myanmar shows a disdain for international laws. On January 4, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said a family of Rohingya asylum-seekers from Rakhine state, registered with the UNHCR in India, was sent back to Myanmar after being detained in Assam, where they had been serving a prison term since 2013 for illegal entry into India.

India's expulsion of Rohingya shows disdain for international laws: Amnesty India

Saudi Arabia on Friday dismissed as baseless reports about torture and sexual harassment published by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. "The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia categorically and strongly denies the allegations made by them.

Saudi Arabia says reports about torture by Amnesty, HRW are baseless

Myanmar authorities and citizens leapt to the defence of Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday after Amnesty International stripped her of its top award over indifference to atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims, doubling down on support for the civilian leader in the face of global ire.

'We don't need their prize': Myanmar defiant as Amnesty pulls Suu Kyi award

During its campaign to recapture the group’s Syrian capital, the coalition did not take enough account of civilians or take the precautions necessary to minimise harm to them

Evidence shows coalition attacks on Syria's Raqqa broke law: Amnesty

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