Open Letter to all Members of the Commission on Human Rights from Amnesty International's Secretary General, Pierre Sane.

In the past two years the Government has ìmade genuine and active commitment to human rights in a number of areasî according to Amnesty International UKís second annual audit of the Governmentís...

'The right to life of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Pakistan is conditional on their obeying social norms and traditions.' Hina Jilani, Pakistani lawyer and human...

'This week has demonstrated that there is grave public concern at Chinaís appalling human rights record. Tony Blairís failure this week to make a firm public statement on human rights is a slap in...

The new Indonesian government must recognise the importance of human rights to Indonesia's political, economic and social development, Amnesty International said today in an Open Letter to the new...

Amnesty International has no information as to what the 'habeas corpus' says. It was filed today by the lawyers of Augusto Pinochet as an appeal against a British magistrate's decision to allow his...

Amnesty International strongly condemns the deliberate killing of more than 50 Sinhalese civilians on 18 September by members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in a pre-dawn raid on...

Amnesty International is releasing today, on Africa Human Rights Day, the enclosed public appeal to protect the civilian population in Burundi.

'A firm, public statement by Tony Blair, spelling out the UKís concerns over human rights in China, is now absolutely essential if his policy of ëconstructive dialogueí with the Chinese government...

Amnesty International has learned with deep concern of the kidnapping of Mgr JosÈ de Jes™s Quintero DÌaz, Bishop of the Diocese of Tib™ in northern Colombia, and calls for his immediate and...