'Torture should not be accepted as normal behaviour - it is a gross abuse of power. The government must do much more to publicly condemn it, and to investigate those responsible and hold them to...

'We acknowledge the importance of condemning the killings, but the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and UN member states must go a step further and demand adherence to international human rights...

Mark Fulton, originally from Portadown, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, had been on remand awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy to murder Rodney Jennett. He was a close associate of Billy Wright, the...

The organisation also calls for the unconditional release of prisoners of conscience Pasteur Bizimungu and his political ally Charles Ntakirutinka. Amnesty International believes that these people are...

'This wave of detentions against activists and government opponents raises fears that the Syrian authorities might be trying to turn back the clock to the country's recent past when thousands of...

Amnesty International said: 'The Commission will be fundamental to the promotion and protection of human rights for all people in Afghanistan, both in addressing the abuses of the past and promoting...

In response to the bombing, which killed at least 16 Israelis and injured dozens of others, many civilians, Amnesty International said: 'We condemn this attack and all targeting of civilians. Such...

On that morning, a group of Guacimal plantation workers accompanied by members of the Batay Ouvriye trade union federation and two local journalists arrived at the plantation, which has been the scene...

'Abderrahmane Khelil and Sid Ahmed Mourad should be released immediately and unconditionally,' Amnesty International said. 'Their arrest and detention is the latest in a series of measures aimed at...

Amnesty International, which has documented the cases of 195 people still imprisoned after unfair trials, is calling for the Chinese authorities to release all prisoners - including, since June 1989...