The convictions yesterday of three men following a brutal racist attack on a Roma woman and her nephew is a “first step towards justice”, said Amnesty International and Greek Helsinki M

‘The onus is on Israeli officials to explain why they chose to deliberately flatten entire homes full of civilians’ - Philip Luther

“A mob appears to have played judge, jury and executioner” David Griffiths, Amnesty International

‘It’s an outrage that a young woman is being locked up simply for peacefully having her say about how women are discriminated against in Iran’

The authorities in Burkina Faso must rein in the security forces that have used excessive force to crack down on peaceful anti-government protests, Amnesty International said today.

Spoof sales agents showing off thumbscrews and electro-shock handcuffs outside Liverpool Street Station

Country hit by wave of door-to-door ‘manhunts’ and abductions - abductees describe torture at hands of masked captors

‘British officials have got their paw prints all over this case’ - Kate Allen

The death sentence handed down today for a leading opposition figure in Bangladesh for war crimes will not bring justice to the millions of victims of the independence war, Amnesty International sa