Amnesty calls for return of independent judiciary and release of judges and lawyers Pakistan’s new Parliament must take urgent steps to restore an independent judiciary, ensure the release of...

In response to the announcement made by the Cuban President Fidel Castro that he will not return to the presidency, Special Advisor at Amnesty International, Javier Zuñiga said: “The new Cuban...

Amnesty International today (18 February 2008) welcomed the release of four Cuban activists but urged Raul Castro to urgently release the 58 remaining incarcerated prisoners of conscience and to...

ENTRIES INVITED FOR ANNUAL MEDIA AWARDS Amnesty International is inviting entries for its 17th annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to...

Amnesty International is warning that a Sri Lankan teenager is at risk of being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, despite having had no access to lawyers during her capital trial. A Saudi court is reported to...

As widespread human rights violations and harassment of opposition candidates intensifies before Pakistan’s general election on 18 February, Amnesty International calls on all political parties...

As Kofi Annan announces the results of the political mediation in Kenya and the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights begins an extraordinary session to discuss the human rights situation in...

New crackdown causes concern for leading human rights groups Cairo police have arrested four more men suspected of having HIV, signalling a wider crackdown that endangers public health and violates...

Amnesty International today condemned the detention of a woman in a basic prison cell with up to 100 men as a ‘gross abuse of her rights’. Brígida Asongsua Elo was arrested in Malabo – the capital...

Amnesty International today reacted to the decision made by film director Steven Spielberg to cease his involvement in the Beijing Olympics. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock...