Following reports of the deaths of over 100 migrants off the Italian island of Lampedusa this morning, Amnesty International says the Italian authorities and the European Union must do more to protect...

The arrival of the Olympic torch in Moscow should be used to shine a light on the growing number of human rights violations across Russia, Amnesty International said today.

FIFA meeting tomorrow set to address migrant worker rights Amnesty’s researcher on migrant workers in Qatar is available for interview ahead of the FIFA Executive Committee’s meeting tomorrow and...

The 30 Greenpeace activists and crew members were violently detained in Russia on 19 September. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images ‘The Russian authorities have clearly decided to make an example of...

Yesterday's decision to overturn the conviction of a terminally-ill man held in solitary confinement in the USA for more than 41 years after a flawed trial is a positive step but long overdue after...

Turkish authorities committed human rights violations on a massive scale in the government’s attempts to crush the Gezi Park protests this summer, Amnesty International revealed in a new report...

The decision to overturn the conviction of a terminally ill man held in solitary confinement for more than 41 years after a flawed trial is a positive step but long overdue after four decades of...

The death sentence imposed against a Bangladeshi MP convicted of crimes against humanity, is not the way to bring justice to the many victims of the country’s war of independence, Amnesty...

The authorities in Nigeria must take urgent measures to protect schools and students in the north-east of the country following a fresh attack by unknown gunmen that left dozens dead, Amnesty...

Responding to comments made at the Conservative Party Conference including a vow from the Home Secretary that a Conservative government would scrap the Human Rights Act, Tim Hancock, Campaigns...