News that ex-president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of protesters during the "25 January revolution" last year is a significant step towards combating long...

The end of Egypt’s 31-year state of emergency must signal a return to the rule of law, Amnesty International said after the measure timed out on Thursday, two years after it was last renewed by the...

Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty International, said: "We have long urged the Northern Ireland Executive to establish an independent, impartial and effective inquiry...

Top journalists and other high profile guests including BBC foreign correspondent Sue Lloyd-Roberts and Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy, who was injured in the February attack in Homs, Syria...

Call for Public Prosecution Service to release guidance to ensure more prosecutions Anna Lo MLA, Chair of All Party Group on Human Trafficking at the Northern Ireland Assembly, has welcomed the...

Human rights campaigners in Northern Ireland have welcomed the announcement of details of the visit by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi to Ireland next month. Patrick Corrigan, Northern...

APGHT welcomes recovery of victims of Human Trafficking following brothel raids Call for Public Prosecution Service to release guidance to ensure more prosecutions Anna Lo MLA, Chair of All Party...

*Events in Middle East loom large in awards *Marie Colvin wins posthumous award for her reporting from Syria - mother Rosemarie speaks of her ‘pride’ in video tribute message Amnesty International UK...

Responding to the publication earlier today of a Justice and Security Bill, Amnesty International researcher on the United Kingdom Alice Wyss said: “We still need to carefully examine the details of...

The hunt is on to find the nation’s new top protest songwriter. Amnesty International today launched the search as part of its new education pack The Power of Our Voices . The interactive pack on...