Country hit by wave of door-to-door ‘manhunts’ and abductions - abductees describe torture at hands of masked captors

‘British officials have got their paw prints all over this case’ - Kate Allen

The death sentence handed down today for a leading opposition figure in Bangladesh for war crimes will not bring justice to the millions of victims of the independence war, Amnesty International sa

‘Convicting Nabeel Rajab would be a terrible injustice’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

Women can face 50 year jail term for suffering a miscarriage in El Salvador warn Amnesty

‘Qatar’s human rights record has been under the spotlight like never before and it hasn’t been a pretty sight’ - Allan Hogarth

“When the hour came, the UK turned its back on despairing people and left them to drown.”

A man who spent 19 years on death row in Nigeria and who has been seconds away from execution has been released from prison, said Amnesty International today.

The Malaysian authorities should end the politically-motivated persecution of government critics including Anwar Ibrahim, Amnesty International said ahead of a final decision tomorrow in the long-s