The Protect The Human drive, launched on 23 October, is a major nationwide initiative aimed at getting a million people across the UK to stand up and speak out for human rights. The launch kicked off...

The campaign, part of Amnesty International’s new ‘Protect The Human’ initiative, involves SilverSurfers.net internet users from all over the UK sending email appeals directly to the Vietnamese...

They were confronted by law enforcement officials of both countries who used force to prevent them from entering the enclaves. Hundreds of migrants, including possible asylum seekers, were rounded up...

Learning about human rights begins in the primary school classroom - that is the message from a high-level, cross-border conference taking place in Dublin Castle tomorrow (Thursday 20 October 2005)...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: "Torture and suspicious deaths in custody are still being reported in Libya and it’s dangerously misguided to expect countries with a known record...

Lawyers representing Amnesty International and 13 organisations will be in court from today asking the Law Lords to overturn a 2004 judgment by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales permitting the...

Two Belfast schools were among the first of over one thousand in the UK staging special assemblies for Amnesty International’s ‘Protect The Human Week’ (from 17-23 October). Pupils from Knockbreda...

"The Tribunal recognized that Zimbabweans who seek asylum in the UK are at special risk. This is correct. These people are presumed to be supporters of "regime change" for Zimbabwe. "Amnesty hopes the...

Lord of War stars Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke and Ian Holm. It follows arms dealer Yuri Orlov (Cage), who sells weapons from the former Communist Bloc into African conflict zones, taking advantage of...

Some 300,000 Protect The Human mini-placard badges will go on sale as the campaign symbol, with an unusual twist on charity badges - each one carries a unique access code for…