The Irish Times

Amnesty report highlights Irish asylum-seeker concerns

Human rights group says ‘hate-filled rhetoric’ having ‘terrifying consequences’ globally

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 18:53

‘Hate-filled rhetoric’ hurting minorities across globe, says Amnesty

Rohingya crisis illustrates lack of global rights leadership, says group in annual report

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 11:21

Refugee-hostile Hungary urges Europe to protect Christians

Viktor Orban says ‘fate and God’ compel Hungary to defend Christians

Fri Oct 13 2017 - 14:50

Jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo dies

News of democracy proponent’s death prompts rage online among rights activists

Thu Jul 13 2017 - 16:54

China invites foreign medical experts to help treat Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

Decision to invite US and German doctors comes before G20 meeting in Hamburg

Wed Jul 05 2017 - 13:51

Amnesty urges China to come clean on capital punishment

Executions worldwide slide 37% in 2016 as China kills more than rest of world combined

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 00:01

Web Summit second day welcomes football legends to stage

Some 53,000 people from 167 countries expected to attend Lisbon conference

Tue Nov 08 2016 - 09:32

Bono claims John Lennon as Irish at event on Ellis Island

Tapestry unveiled depicting island of Manhattan as yellow submarine piloted by Lennon

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00

Amnesty says it has ‘no political axe to grind’ on abortion

Head of human rights organisation defends call for repeal of the Eighth Amendment

Mon Jun 15 2015 - 15:26

Head of Amnesty accuses Fifa of sweeping World Cup worker abuse under carpet

Salil Shetty says charity’s mission still clear in spite of widening remit

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00

Ireland’s law on abortion violates human rights – Amnesty secretary general

‘In some cases our report documented, women were left to carry a dead foetus inside them for months, which one woman described as “giving death”, instead of giving birth’

Tue Jun 09 2015 - 11:34

International Criminal Court urged to indict Nigerian officers

Call by Amnesty International follows ‘sickening’ report alleging human rights abuses

Mon Jun 08 2015 - 18:32

Malala praised as ‘extraordinary, brave young woman’

Nobel Peace Prize winner a ‘symbol of what it means to stand up for your rights’

Fri Oct 10 2014 - 15:41

Iran, Iraq account for rise in capital punishment

Amnesty international survey identifies a 15 per cent increase in the number of executions globally

Thu Mar 27 2014 - 18:52

Iraq and Iran trigger global rise in executions

Number of publicly disclosed executions last year was 778, a rise of 15 per cent

Thu Mar 27 2014 - 08:10

Syrian refugees discover reality of entering Europe through ‘soft underbelly’

Slim hope of starting a new life even after costly and dangerous sea crossings

Fri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00