Amnesty International has today (23 March) called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate serious allegations of torture, including forced ‘virginity tests’, inflicted by the army on Women's rights...

Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Guatemala to put a stop to the forced evictions of indigenous farming communities which have so far left 2,500 people homeless and has resulted...

At least 93 people detained in wave of arrests, including internet activists Amnesty International has condemned last night’s deadly attack on a mosque by Syrian security forces, amid a sweep of...

Amnesty International has called on the Syrian authorities to launch an independent investigation into the deaths of at least six anti-government protesters during continuing unrest in Syria’s...

Detention used to keep opposition ‘out of circulation’ The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir is holding hundreds of people each year without charge or trial in order to ‘keep them out of circulation’...

Amnesty International has called on the Libyan authorities to release four Al Jazeera journalists held incommunicado since they were detained while trying to leave the country two weeks ago. The two...

Amnesty International has called on the Moroccan authorities to allow mass peaceful demonstrations planned for this Sunday to go ahead peacefully, following a crackdown on similar protests last...

Security forces in Ivory Coast must stop the mortar shelling of civilian areas, said Amnesty International today, after forces loyal to the outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo fired shells into an...

Amnesty International has today urged all parties to make the protection of civilians in Libya their top priority, after the passing of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 paved the way for possible...

Amnesty International has urged authorities in Nigeria to stem the tide of increase in political, ethnic and religious violence that risks threatening the stability of April elections. The short...