A wave of violent attacks against Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community shows the urgent need for the authorities to provide them with better protection, Amnesty International said. Over the past week...

*One faces crucifixion after execution *Campaigners making urgent appeals to King Abdullah Amnesty International is calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to cancel plans for the execution of seven...

Parliament due to debate new restrictions on NGOs and freedom of assembly Two laws that would severely restrict the work of independent civil society organisations and limit freedom of assembly in...

Amnesty International warned that armed groups such as al-Shabab could get their hands on more weapons if the United Nations Security Council agree to lift the arms embargo on Somalia later this week...

The arrest of the former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, is an example of selective justice from the authorities and highlights their failure to investigate other serious human rights...

‘The government has been deaf to criticism’ - Kate Allen Ahead of the controversial Justice and Security Bill being debated in the House of Commons this week, Amnesty International has warned that the...

The new Italian government and municipal authorities in Rome must act urgently to end discriminatory policies which deny Roma communities access to social housing, Amnesty International said today. In...

Media reports and cell phone footage apparently showing South African police tying a Mozambican man to the back of a police vehicle and dragging him down the road are “shocking”, Amnesty International...

Albert Woodfox’s case has raised serious human rights concerns, says Amnesty Amnesty International is urging the Attorney General of the US State of Louisiana not to appeal against a federal court...

Detainees tortured with electricity and molten plastic to extract confessions 28 people held in a four-metre squared cell with no sanitation for 49 days [Footage and report available upon request]...