The controversy represents the biggest crisis yet for Amnesty under its secretary general Agnes Callamard, a battle-hardened French rights expert – Copyright AFP ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's President Vladimir Putin (POOL/AFP via Getty Images) This move, announced Monday by the Russian Prosecutor General’s ...

Russian authorities have designated Amnesty International as an “undesirable” organisation, alleging that the rights group propagates pro-war content backed by the Western allies of Ukraine, in the ...

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday, Amnesty International called on the international community to maintain a steadfast commitment to hold Russia ...

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A new Amnesty International report on Friday highlighted the “hundreds” of abductions and incidents of torture by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, and also criticised the excessive force used by ...

Marie Struthers, Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Amnesty International, said: “Veronika Velch was selected in a rigorous and competitive recruitment process. We are delighted to have a ...

Fighters with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Army walk at a checkpoint along a road from the town of Vuhlehirsk to Debaltseve in Ukraine, in this picture taken on Feb 18, ...

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday labelled Amnesty International an "undesirable organisation", banning the rights group's activities and accusing it of being a hub of "Russophobia" and of supporting Ukraine.

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Veronika Velch, Director of Amnesty International in Ukraine, says that "Ukrainians are getting ready to fight as long as it would be needed", stressing that ...