Jeremy Irons today (1 Nov) urged people throughout the UK to send a message of solidarity and hope to men, Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights around the...

The brutal actions of Nigeria's security forces in response to Boko Haram's campaign of terror are making an already desperate situation even worse, Amnesty International said in a report released...

The Greek authorities has a duty to uphold the right to freedom of speech Amnesty International warned today, following the prosecution of Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis. The organisation’s...

Amnesty International is calling on the authorities in Kuwait to drop charges against Musallam al-Barrak, a former Kuwaiti parliamentarian who faces prosecution for peacefully exercising his right to...

Ingabire, President of the United Democratic Forces (FDU-Inkingi), was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday. Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Africa Director Sarah Jackson said: “The...

The Bahrain government’s ban on all rallies and gatherings in the country violates the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and must be lifted immediately, Amnesty International has...

The full extent of the sexual violence during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina that shattered the lives of thousands of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights across the...

The US state of Texas is set to carry out its 250th execution under the governorship of Rick Perry. The execution - of 41-year-old Donnie Roberts, convicted of murder in 2004 - is scheduled for 6pm...

‘These convictions … are reminiscent of practices under Ben Ali’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Amnesty International has called on the Tunisian authorities to quash the convictions of journalists Sofiene...

Two Vietnamese songwriters who face up to 20 years in jail for writing songs criticising their government should be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today, ahead of...