More than 100 Christian homes attacked by mob armed with metal bars, knives and hammers Egyptian security forces stood by during a brutal attack on Coptic Christians in Luxor two days after Mohamed...

Musicians’ call comes ahead of parole hearings for the two imprisoned women

‘Prisoners … should not be subjected to punitive measures for exercising their right to engage in peaceful protest’ - Angela Wright The Californian prison authorities have breached international human...

‘Robert Seldon Lady … should have to answer the charges against him in Italy in person’ - John Dalhuisen Amnesty International is calling for the return of the CIA agent Robert Seldon Lady to Italy to...

Thein Sein says no POCs by end of year, but 74-year-old lawyer is latest detainee Amnesty International has called into question President Thein Sein’s recent commitment to clear Burma’s jails of...

The sentencing today of the popular Russian blogger and informal opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been denounced as “a parody of a prosecution and a parody of a trial”. Navlany was sentenced...

Today’s decision by a US military judge not to drop the charge accusing the US Private Bradley Manning of “aiding the enemy” is a ludicrous decision which “makes a mockery of the US military court...

The UK government must urgently explain why it is issuing licences for the sale of lethal weapons to repressive regimes including those on its own list of countries of human rights concern, Control...

Detainees report being made to crawl on broken glass by security forces after their arrest Hundreds of supporters of the former president Mohamed Morsi arrested by the Egyptian authorities have been...

Amnesty International has described as “extremely regrettable” a death sentence given earlier today to Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed, a key member of Bangladesh’s opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party. Ali...