Burma must take all possible steps to avoid civilian casualties in Kachin state, Amnesty International has said, after three people were killed in air strikes reportedly carried out by Burma’s armed...

‘Placing such ludicrous conditions on a pardon defeats the very purpose of issuing one in the first place’ - Philip Luther Six jailed reformists in Saudi Arabia must be released immediately and...

The threatened forced relocation of a Shi'a community living in temporary shelter in East Java is yet more evidence of the continuing discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia, Amnesty...

Denial of Maria Alekhina’s appeal compounds injustice already done Today’s decision by a Russian court to deny Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina a deferral of her prison sentence to a later date...

Today’s announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will investigate crimes under international law committed in Mali over the past year is a crucial step towards justice for the victims...

Amnesty International today called for an immediate, independent and thorough investigation into yesterday’s orchestrated attack on Azerbaijani opposition presidential candidate Isa Gambar and the...

All parties to the armed conflict in Mali must ensure civilians are protected, Amnesty International urged today as military attacks by French forces continued. With French support, the Malian army...

The UN Security Council must immediately refer the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in line with a request made this morning in a new letter by dozens of...

‘Back in 2010, the world couldn’t move fast enough to help Haiti but three years on, we see that the hopes for its recovery have not been realised’ Javier Zúñiga Three years on from the Haiti...

Child abuse campaigners in Northern Ireland have reacted angrily to a Belfast court judgment today which reduced the four year sentence given to priest Fr Daniel Curran for abusing two young boys and...