The harsh prison sentences handed down to three bloggers accused of spreading anti-state propaganda in Viet Nam are nothing short of a shameful attempt to silence dissent in the country, Amnesty...

A spate of human rights violations targeting opposition supporters and journalists in Belarus is nothing more than a clumsy attempt to suppress opposition voices ahead of elections on Sunday 23...

‘It’s an utter disgrace that Pussy Riot have been locked up for daring to voice their views’ - David Shrigley The celebrated visual artist David Shrigley has created a new design in support of jailed...

‘It’s an utter disgrace that Pussy Riot have been locked up for daring to voice their views’ - David Shrigley The celebrated Scottish visual artist David Shrigley has created a new design in support...

Yesterday’s decision by Italy’s High Court to uphold convictions against 22 CIA agents and a US military official for the 2003 abduction of Egyptian national Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr - known as Abu...

Somyot Prueksakasemsuk ironically arrested under the very laws he had just launched a petition to have reviewed Magazine editor and human rights defender Somyot Prueksakasemsuk must be immediately...

Lord Morrow’s Private Members Bill: Amnesty welcomes anti-trafficking measures but warns against diversion of resources Amnesty International has welcomed steps to tackle human trafficking in Lord...

Two Australian Olympians gave their support to Amnesty International this week and then issued a call to sports stars from both Australia and further afield to follow their lead. Sally Foster, who...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s conditional moratorium on executions of death row prisoners leaves at least 38 people still at great risk of execution, Amnesty International said today. Last Friday...

The Libyan authorities must put an end to the harassment and intimidation of two sisters allegedly accused of supporting the country’s former leader, Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi. Hasna Shaeeb and her...