Authorities in Chad authorities must immediately release two students who have been held for four months for allegedly trying to organise pro-reform protests, Amnesty International said today (12 Sept...

42-year-old Troy Davis faces 21 September execution despite doubts over guilt Bianca Jagger is leading a campaign on Twitter to try to help prevent the execution next week of a man on death row in the...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Russia is still a dangerous place to defend human rights and even to do business, and David Cameron should make it very clear that without reforms...

Warning about ‘brutal settling of scores’ by anti-Gaddafi forces. The National Transitional Council (NTC) must get a grip on armed anti-Gaddafi groups to stop reprisal attacks and arbitrary arrests...

She is tireless and selfless and because of this, people across the country have voiced their support for her A Chinese activist jailed in connection with her support for bloggers must be released...

The killing of a prominent radio journalist in Baghdad highlights how Iraqi authorities are failing to protect media workers from continued threats and violence, Amnesty International said today. Hadi...

“This is a hugely significant finding by the UN, because it accuses the UK of not living up to its obligations under international law” Amnesty International welcomes a call from the UN to make UK...

‘That it has taken eight years since the death of Baha Mousa for the full truth to be laid bare is shameful’ - Nicola Duckworth Amnesty International has called on the UK authorities to bring to...

Libya’s neighbours must arrest Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi and others wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the former Libyan leader crosses the border, Amnesty International said today...

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) must do more to protect black Libyans, Amnesty International said today, after allegations that members of the Tawargha tribe were detained, threatened and...