‘New laws introduced since the Pussy Riot protest have given the authorities sweeping powers to clamp down on NGOs’ - John Dalhuisen A year after the punk band Pussy Riot performed a protest song in...

Amnesty International has written to Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers to raise allegations of abuse suffered in Magdalene Laundry institutions within the jurisdiction. Later today...

Amnesty International demanded the Austrian government ditch its homophobic adoption laws, following a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights earlier today. The Court ruled that the Austrian...

‘The government of Bahrain cannot carry on imprisoning people simply because it can’t take criticism’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Jailed prisoners of conscience - including doctors and teachers - in...

India must immediately halt the impending executions of four prisoners whose mercy petitions, the final course of appeal in the country’s justice system, have been rejected by President Pranab...

Take action for WOZA Read our blog: Ten years of the power of love for WOZA and Zimbabwe /li> Eight members of Zimbabwean women’s social justice movement, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), were arrested...

The deaths of two men in police custody in the Bahamas last weekend highlight the urgent need for greater accountability for police abuses, Amnesty International said today. Jamie Smith, 33, and Aaron...

A Milan Appeals Court has ruled that two former top Italian intelligence officials and three Italian agents were involved in the kidnapping of an Egyptian national Abu Omar. The two senior officials...

Amnesty International UK, the National Union of Students and The Observer today issued a final call to students to enter the prestigious Student Human Rights Reporter award. The final deadline for...

Petition to US embassy demands resolution in Shaker Aamer case Amnesty International will take a 20,000-strong petition addressed to US president Barack Obama to the US embassy in London later this...