President Vladimir Putin’s new laws criminalising blasphemy and outlawing public activism by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals are an affront to freedom of

‘The slick PR of the UAE is not enough to hide the fact that the trial was grossly unfair and that fundamental rights have been recklessly disregarded’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The conviction earlier...

‘It would be a slap in the face for many Bahrainis if EU officials were to visit Bahrain and not publicly call for the release of prisoners of conscience’ - Nicolas Berger Amnesty International has...

On-the-ground Amnesty experts available for interview from Cairo With nationwide demonstrations expected in Egypt this weekend to mark the one-year point since President Mohamed Morsi took office...

The municipal authorities of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, must allow the upcoming Baltic Pride to take place, Amnesty International said today. After a meeting yesterday with Amnesty and the...

‘Does Mr Cameron want to be remembered as the prime minister who acted too late to save Shaker Aamer?’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International has launched a new call on Prime Minister David Cameron to...

Amnesty International will hand in a petition tomorrow signed by nearly 100,000 people across the globe calling on the European Commission to take action to end the continuing widespread...

A major fire that forced Shell to close its Trans Niger Pipeline in southern Nigeria raises serious questions about the way the oil giant is operating, Amnesty International and the Nigerian National...

Police in Mauritania are using torture to coerce men, women and Children's rights into confessing to crimes while in custody, Amnesty International said after a 10-day research mission. Amnesty’s...

Responding to the news that s ome 117 death row prisoners in Viet Nam face imminent execution when a change in the law comes into effect tomorrow, Amnesty International urged the government to...