A general amnesty decree by Egypt’s President Morsi pardoning those detained or tried for taking part in protests since the January 2011 uprising is welcome news , Amnesty International said, but...

Amnesty International has denounced the shooting of a 14-year girl in Pakistan’s Swat valley as a “shocking act of violence”, as the Taleban claimed responsibility for the attack. Gunmen opened fire...

Rwanda’s military intelligence department known as “J2” has illegally held scores of civilians in military detention without charge or trial and allegedly tortured them into making false confessions...

*Racial bias claims have dogged Anthony Haynes case *A judge was reprimanded for assembling guns during jury selection Amnesty International has called on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and...

Amnesty International has responded to allegations of torture, including waterboarding, by members of the RUC and British Army in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, broadcast today (Sunday 7 October) by...

Top-selling artists Rihanna and Shakira were told today in no uncertain terms to open their eyes to the plethora of human rights abuses inflicted on the people of Azerbaijan before they perform in the...

A new “cybercrime” law in the Philippines poses serious risks to freedom of expression and must be reviewed, Amnesty International said today Under the law, known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of...

ELDERLY VICTIMS NO LONGER FACE EXCLUSION FROM INQUIRY Amnesty International has welcomed proposed changes to the Historic Institutional Abuse Bill at the Northern Ireland Assembly. The proposed...

Amnesty International has expressed its fears over the fate of a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who disappeared along with his friend as they made their way to work earlier this week. According...

Victims of sexual violence in Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict face little hope of ever getting justice, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The Colombian authorities have...