People abducted and sent back to torture and unfair trials in Central Asian countries ‘These renditions would not be possible without the complicity of public officials in the judicial and law...

‘The slick PR of the UAE is not enough to hide the fact that the trial was grossly unfair and that fundamental rights have been recklessly disregarded’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The conviction earlier...

President Vladimir Putin’s new laws criminalising blasphemy and outlawing public activism by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals are an affront to freedom of

‘It is his unassailable right, enshrined in international law, to claim asylum and this should not be impeded’ - Michael Bochenek

‘It would be a slap in the face for many Bahrainis if EU officials were to visit Bahrain and not publicly call for the release of prisoners of conscience’ - Nicolas Berger Amnesty International has...

On-the-ground Amnesty experts available for interview from Cairo With nationwide demonstrations expected in Egypt this weekend to mark the one-year point since President Mohamed Morsi took office...

The municipal authorities of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, must allow the upcoming Baltic Pride to take place, Amnesty International said today. After a meeting yesterday with Amnesty and the...

The Syrian authorities must drop charges against five human rights activists whose "patently unfair" terror trial was today put on hold for another two months, Amnesty International said. The five men...

However, concerns expressed over separate ‘Proposition 8’ ruling Amnesty International has this afternoon welcomed a decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down a provision in a law that...

African American woman’s trial was held with overwhelmingly white jury Amnesty International has described the planned 500th execution in the US state of Texas tonight as a “shameful milestone” and is...