A shocking increase in attacks by Boko Haram along with uncontrolled retaliations by Nigeria’s security forces has seen the death toll in north-east Nigeria rise to at least

A decision by Japanese prosecutors to appeal against a court ruling to grant Hakamada Iwao, the world’s longest serving death row inmate, a retrial will only add to the decades of psychologic

Move would signal US president’s ‘dismay’ at country’s ban on women’s drivers

The Pakistani authorities should immediately release a Christian man sentenced to death yesterday under the country’s draconian blasphemy laws and quash his conviction, Amnesty International

‘Access to YouTube must be restored immediately’ - Andrew Gardner

The Sri Lankan government must cooperate with UN investigators, Amnesty International said today as the UN Human Rights Council established an inquiry into allegations of war crimes and crimes agai

The Japanese courts have granted a retrial to a prisoner who has spent over four decades on death row almost all of it in solitary confinement, enduring treatment that the authorities should be ash

‘Killing sprees’ in Iran and Iraq fuelled 15% rise in executions during 2013

The European Union must immediately deploy peacekeeping troops to protect civilians in the Central African Republic amid a worrying new surge in violence, said Amnesty International this afternoon.

The Chinese authorities must immediately let the family of deceased activist Cao Shunli see her body as fears grow the authorities will cremate her body to destroy any evidence of her mistreatment