The conviction of a renowned Turkish pianist for “denigrating Islam” on Twitter sends a “chilling” message to social media users in the country, Amnesty International said today. Fazil Say, who has...

A Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict (PDF) was agreed yesterday by the G8 countries, declaring that rape and other serious sexual violence amount to war crimes and grave breaches of...

Spokesperson available on request A new Amnesty report published today reveals shocking levels of torture conducted by the Ukrainian police force and calls for immediate action. The report, Ukraine...

Welcoming the commitments announced by G8 Foreign Ministers who met in London today to discuss how to address sexual violence, Amnesty International cautioned that world leaders were at the start line...

Top five executing countries were China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and USA ‘In many parts of the world, executions are becoming a thing of the past’ - Salil Shetty Despite some disappointing setbacks...

· Execution of drug trafficker last month ended four and a half year death penalty hiatus · Attorney General vows spate of executions this year Responding to news that 56-year-old British woman...

The six women had their hands tied, were stripped naked and had hot iron rods pushed into their genitals. Their fate is unknown. The authorities in Papua New Guinea must take urgent action to prevent...

‘Israeli forces must respect Palestinians’ right to protest peacefully’ - Ann Harrison Israel’s military response to protests in the West Bank is failing to respect the human rights of Palestinians...

One Eritrean man tortured, doused in petrol and set on fire because family couldn’t pay ransom Egypt and Sudan must make urgent and concerted efforts to stop asylum-seekers and refugees being...

‘We are seeing arrests and charges for literally nothing more than cracking a few jokes’ - Ann Harrison Today’s charges against yet another Egyptian comedian for “defaming religion” are part of an...