Tweet Update, 9pm: possible stay of execution . We've just heard great news that the Mississippi Supreme Court have issued a stay of execution for Willie Manning. Thank you for taking action. We'll share more detailed information once...

We’ve had a busy first few months of 2013, including our celebrations of the 40 year anniversary of the first ever Urgent Action being issued at Amnesty. We have also sent out over 100 Urgent Action cases already this year, which is a...

Everyone loves a bit of tea and cake, yes? That was one of the main reasons we came up with AmnesTea - a fundraising event that's endlessly changeable depending on what you'd like to do! The pun for a name was a bonus, of course. So I...

Mus’ab al-Hamadi, aged 32, is a well-known media activist and member of the Local Coordination Committee (LCC) in Hama. He has been heavily involved in collating information and posting videos of abuses committed by Syrian government...

Update, 5 June After an agonising 14 week wait, Beatriz has finally had a the life-saving treatment she needed and has had a cesarean section in El Salvador. The foetus apparently was born, as predicted, with large parts of her head...