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Anish Kapoor, Gavin Turk, Jenny Holzer, Cheryl Dunn and Paul Smith among hundreds of new 7" record sleeve designers

700 Secret 7” sleeves to go on display in Sonos Gallery on 8 April, with public sale to follow on 2 May

'Abhorrent' EU-Turkey refugee-trading plans will empower people smugglers

Responding to the proposed deal between the EU and Turkey that would see refugees and others crossing from Turkey to Greece sent back, in return for European countries taking Syrian refugees curren

Qatar: Major new report will expose labour abuse on World Cup sites

On 31 March 2016 , Amnesty International will launch a major new report exposing the exploitation of migrant workers on World Cup sites in Qatar.

Honduras: Amnesty mission slams investigation into activist's murder

A catalogue of failures in the investigation into the death of a prominent indigenous leader last week exposes the Honduran government’s absolute lack of willingness to protect human rights a

North Korea: 'Absolute control' of phone networks and internet a key weapon

North Koreans caught using mobile phones to contact loved ones who have fled abroad risk being sent to political prison camps or other detention facilities as the government tightens its strangleho

EU - Turkey summit: One-in-one-out deal a 'new low' for refugee rights

A preoccupation with shipping people back to Turkey instead of making unconditional efforts over resettlement and offering other safe and legal ways to Europe, shows an alarmingly short-sighted and

Bahrain: stripping of nationality is now 'weapon of choice' as 11 more face expulsion tomorrow

‘It is shocking that citizens of Bahrain are being rendered stateless and being deprived of the right to reside in their own country’ - James Lynch

Turkey: Zaman newspaper taken over as government steamrolls press freedom

Today's government takeover of Zaman newspaper is the latest deeply troubling episode of the Turkish authorities’ ongoing onslaught on dissenting media, Amnesty International sai