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Pakistan: Millions suffering in 'human rights-free zone' in North-West of country

Millions of Pakistanis in the north-west tribal areas live in a human rights-free zone where they have no legal protection from the government and are subject to abuses by the Taleban, Amnesty...

Nicaragua ignores international pressure to revise total abortion ban

“Chilling indifference” shown to Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls’ rights – Amnesty Amnesty International has expressed great disappointment at the Nicaragua...

Masnachu pobl yng nghymru: Galw am ymateb cryfach ar draws Cymru

• Adroddiad newydd: mesurau ‘anaddas i bwrpas’ yn y DU yn erbyn masnachu pobl a thorri cyfraith ryngwladol – adroddiad newydd • Mae masnachu pobl yng Nghymru’n gofyn am ffocws Cymru gyfan • Gwefan...

Colombia: Senior army officer convicted over disappearances

Amnesty International called on the Colombian authorities to ensure justice for all victims of the 1985 hostage situation at the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, which left over 100 people dead, following...

USA/Mexico: Shooting of 14-year-old boy - full investigation needed

Amnesty International today condemned the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Mexican boy by a US border patrol officer, who fired across the border at a group of young Mexicans reportedly throwing stones...

Libya: Country must allow UN refugee agency back in

Amnesty International deeply regrets the Libyan authorities’ decision to expel the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) from the country - leaving thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers without any protection...

Iran: One year on since crackdown, hundreds still imprisoned-New report

“It’s essential that we stand up for the unjustly imprisoned and be their voice. The prisoner’s worst nightmare is the thought of being forgotten. But knowing that your plight is in the hearts and...

UK: Removals to Iraq put lives in danger, says Amnesty

Reacting to reports that a charter flight carrying Iraqi nationals is scheduled to leave the UK for Baghdad via Halmstad, Sweden in the early hours of 9 June, Amnesty International stressed that...

Proposals threaten International Criminal Court's independence

Amnesty International is today calling on states to reject proposals which could seriously undermine the integrity of the Rome Statute and deeply politicise the International Criminal Court (ICC). The...

Yemen: Photographs of missile and cluster munitions point to USA role in fatal attack

Amnesty International has today (7 June) released photographs of a US-manufactured cruise missile that carried cluster munitions, apparently taken following an attack on an alleged al-Qa’ida training...