Amnesty International has learned that 16 people, including nine members of staff working with the Communist party-affiliated newspaper Al-Midan based in Khartoum, were arrested by Sudan’s National...

Amnesty International will organise a panel discussion on human trafficking in St Mary’s College, Belfast, 4.30pm on Thursday 3rd February. The event will look at how MLAs have fulfilled their...

An Amnesty International representative has been detained by police in Cairo after the Hisham Mubarak Law Centre was taken over by military police this morning. The Amnesty member of staff was taken...

Amnesty International has condemned a sweeping crackdown by Egyptian security forces today that saw activists and journalists harassed and two Amnesty International staff members detained along with...

Amnesty International today (3 February) responded to comments in Lord Carlile’s annual report on UK counter-terrorism legislation, in which he voiced strong support for the use of ‘diplomatic...

As the trials of opposition politicians in Belarus approach, Amnesty International is publishing today (2 February) a report detailing ongoing repression of political opposition and human rights...

* Authorities must restore internet * Amnesty experts currently in Egypt available for further comment Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as...

In response to today’s violence in Egypt, Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Hassiba Hadj-Sahraoui said: "The army has failed in its commitment to protect peaceful...

Amnesty International has condemned the Egyptian government’s continuing crackdown on freedom of expression after six Al Jazeera journalists were briefly detained by the military and their Cairo...

Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as Cairo demonstrators held their biggest protest yet amid ongoing nationwide unrest. The organisation is also...