A wave of violent forced evictions, which has led to a number of deaths, is spreading across China as local authorities seek to offset huge debts by seizing and then selling off land in suspect deals...

A general amnesty decree by Egypt’s President Morsi pardoning those detained or tried for taking part in protests since the January 2011 uprising is welcome news , Amnesty International said, but...

The decision by a Moscow court to give Ekaterina Samutsevich a suspended sentence and release her while upholding jail sentences against Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is only a half...

Amnesty International has denounced the shooting of a 14-year girl in Pakistan’s Swat valley as a “shocking act of violence”, as the Taleban claimed responsibility for the attack. Gunmen opened fire...

*Racial bias claims have dogged Anthony Haynes case *A judge was reprimanded for assembling guns during jury selection Amnesty International has called on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and...

Rwanda’s military intelligence department known as “J2” has illegally held scores of civilians in military detention without charge or trial and allegedly tortured them into making false confessions...

Amnesty International has responded to allegations of torture, including waterboarding, by members of the RUC and British Army in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, broadcast today (Sunday 7 October) by...

A new “cybercrime” law in the Philippines poses serious risks to freedom of expression and must be reviewed, Amnesty International said today Under the law, known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of...

Top-selling artists Rihanna and Shakira were told today in no uncertain terms to open their eyes to the plethora of human rights abuses inflicted on the people of Azerbaijan before they perform in the...

Victims of sexual violence in Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict face little hope of ever getting justice, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The Colombian authorities have...