A Manchester student, Dilimulati Paerhati, has started a campaign for the release of his brother, who is believed to be held incommunicado by the authorities in northwest China and is at serious risk...

Migrant workers from Philippines, China, Thailand and Viet Nam beaten, made to do dangerous work and trafficked for sexual exploitation Many of the estimated 220,000 migrant workers in South Korea are...

Amnesty International today (20 October) issued an urgent appeal on behalf of a British man who could be executed in China within days. Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London who...

Amnesty International today (20 October) issued an urgent appeal on behalf of a British man who could be executed in China within days. Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London who...

Intimidation of journalists reporting election must not be repeated The Afghan government and its international supporters must immediately set out a clear and effective plan to ensure a credible...

A law in Uruguay that has allowed the police and military to get away with torture and murder should be annulled, Amnesty International said today, as the country prepares to vote in a referendum on...

Amnesty International has expressed dismay at Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s invitation to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to attend the special African Union summit on refugees, returnees and...

Reacting to news reports that a plane carrying refused Iraqi asylum-seekers from the UK arrived in Baghdad yesterday (15 October), Amnesty International stressed that removals to southern and central...

The draft “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” introduced on October 14 in Uganda’s parliament would violate human rights and should be withdrawn immediately, a group of 17 local and international human rights...

Scottish funny woman Janey Godley has joined the line-up of Amnesty International's Stand Up For Justice comedy gig next Tuesday (20th) night at the Ulster Hall. Scottish comedienne Janey Godley, a...