At least three people were killed and 12 injured, including two Children's rights, during an incident yesterday in which US forces exchanged gunfire during a demonstration near the governor's building...

Amnesty International said: 'Human rights abuses continue to take place on a daily basis in Chechnya. 'The Commission's lack of action on this situation is a blatant disregard of the suffering of the...

As police forces in London, North Wales, Thames Valley, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire begin participation in new taser trials, Amnesty International says that these controversial weapons have not...

The organisation underlined the need to ensure justice for the victims of decades of human rights abuses by the Iraqi authorities and violations of international law during the recent conflict....

'The executions are extremely worrying - not only because they signal the end of Cuba's widely-heralded de facto moratorium on executions, but because the men were given a summary trial, and their...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'These are extraordinary times, with reportedly many hospitals shut in Baghdad because of looting, and many of the civilian population in fear of...

The parade, comprising hundreds of activists from Amnesty International UK's national conference currently being held at Queen's University, as well as local ethnic minority and refugee groups and...

Amnesty International's report, Philippines - A different childhood: the apprehension and detention of child suspects and offenders , calls on the Philippine government to end immediately the locking...

Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK Director, said: 'The Coalition forces have a responsibility to do everything in their power to protect the rights of all people in Iraq. 'As an occupying power...

These annual figures, published as Death sentences and executions in 2002, show that in 2002 at least 1,526 people were executed in 31 countries - compared with over 3,048 people executed in 31...