Ahead of tomorrow's (Thursday 5 June 2003) meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers where the EU-US Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance is due to be approved, Amnesty...

In a new 60-page report, 'Essential measures'? Human rights crackdown in the name of security , Amnesty International charts a pattern of arrests, summary and unfair trials, and long prison terms of...

The human rights organisation is calling for the detainees to be granted access to relatives, lawyers and medical care, and for those who are being held for nothing more than exercising their right to...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is perhaps the most horrifying example of the impact on human rights of wars fuelled by a scramble for resources and enabled by the easy flow...

The organisation is concerned about his life as he has been on hunger strike since 6 May 2003 in protest at a court case brought against him by the authorities, and is asking British journalists to...

The human rights organisation, which has this week written to Downing Street outlining its concerns on Chechnya, is looking to Mr Blair to urge fellow EU leaders to likewise press for meaningful...

The human rights organisation, which has this week written to Downing Street outlining its concerns on Chechnya, is looking to Mr Blair to urge fellow EU leaders to likewise press for meaningful...

There is evidence that a unit of the Ugandan army is supporting the armed group. Amnesty International is calling on the UN Security Council to deploy a 'rapid reaction force' immediately. Amnesty...

The 'war on terror', far from making the world a safer place, has made it more dangerous by curtailing human rights, undermining the rule of international law and shielding governments from scrutiny...

The execution of Percy Levar Walton by electric chair, set for Wednesday 28 May in Virginia, coincides with the anniversary of Amnesty International's launch in 1961. The human rights organisation is...