Following several years’ research in this area by an expert Sub-Commission at the UN, and further discussion at the UN over the last few weeks, this formal request was made by the UK government on...

The organisation’s new report Laboratory of War: Repression and Violence in Arauca depicts civilians caught between warring guerrillas, army units and their paramilitary allies. The crisis in Arauca...

“Mordechai Vanunu should be allowed to exercise his rights to freedom of movement, association and expression in Israel and should be allowed to leave the country if he wishes,” said Amnesty...

The four 12 and 13-year-olds, Nijirfan Saleh Mahmoud, Ahmad Shikhmous’Abdallah, Walat Mohammad Sa’id and Serbest Shikhou were arrested at al-Talane’ school, in the Syrian town of Qamishli, on 6...

Alarming reports about the systematic rape of hundreds of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights by the government-backed armed militia, the ‘Janjawid’, are coming from the...

The Amnesty International UK Media Awards, sponsored by Pci: Live, recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge the significant contribution made to the UK public’s awareness and...

A Safe Place features top players Thierry Henry, David James, Ashley Cole, Shaka Hislop, Lomana Lua Lua and Shola Ameobi, together with England manager Sven Goran Eriksson. Also interviewed are young...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The danger is that coalition forces risk feeding extremism with every hastily discharged weapon and every arbitrary detention. So many civilians...

Premier League footballers including Hearts players Alan Maybury, Scott Severin and Patrick Kisnorbo, Hibs players Kevin Nicol and Alan Reid and Livingston Captain Stuart Lovell teamed up against...

The call comes as the EU Presidency prepares for talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister in Dublin this Monday, and with EU Foreign Ministers due to discuss the lifting of the EU arms embargo against...