Amnesty International has condemned yesterday’s sentencing to three years in prison of veteran 78-year old Syrian lawyer and human rights activist Haytham al-Maleh. Haytham al-Maleh has been sentenced...

LIFT in association with The Old Vic, ArKtype and Amnesty International present: AFTERMATH Part of LIFT 2010: London-wide International Theatre Festival The Old Vic Tunnels, 8th to 17th July at 7.45pm...

Amnesty International is urging the Chinese government to launch an independent investigation into last year’s riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, after new testimony obtained by the...

Amnesty International has made a new call on the Iranian authorities to immediately halt all executions and commute all death sentences as concern grows about two Women's rights's rightss rights's...

Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s new Secretary General, today began his first full day in office by pledging to do all he can to ensure governments respect the rights of the world’s most...

'In my opinion, the blogger movement in Cuba has become an excellent alternative form of free communication... I consider myself to be the voice in this dismal prison of those whose voices have been...

The situation for human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming increasingly deadly, Amnesty International warned today [30 June] as the country celebrates its 50th...

Amnesty International today (30 June) issued its reaction to today's decision by the Supreme Court, in the case of Smith v Secretary of State for Defence, that British soldiers on military service...

General David Petraeus, the US commander set to take charge of NATO operations in Afghanistan, must redouble efforts to minimise civilian casualties during military operations there, Amnesty...

Amnesty International is calling on law-makers in the Spanish region of Catalonia not to adopt a motion on Wednesday in favour of banning Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights...