As Kandahar governor, Assadulah Khalid supervised notorious Brigade 888 Amnesty International is urging parliamentarians in Afghanistan to delay a vote on the proposed appointment of a new head of...

Former intelligence chief must be surrendered to ICC Abdullah al-Senussi, military intelligence chief for Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi, should have been surrendered to the International Criminal Court...

Olympic cycling silver medallist Emma Pooley today put a range of memorabilia on eBay to help raise funds for Amnesty International. The items are all from her recent victory at the Haute Route 2012...

‘The Bahraini authorities are not on the path of reform but seem rather driven by vindictiveness’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Today’s decision by Bahrain’s appeal court to uphold sentences against 13...

Punks, rockers and folkies from across Northern Ireland are coming together to support imprisoned Russian punk protestors Pussy Riot. An eclectic bunch of musicians and singers will be taking to the...

Those executed included three Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights; total executed this year at almost 100 Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Iraq to halt all...

Amnesty International has condemned the brutal killings of two Children's rights in separate incidents in Afghanistan as “despicable” and called for them to be thoroughly investigated. Yesterday a...

A Yemeni student who has allegedly suffered torture and detention in a cockroach-infested cell is at imminent risk of re-arrest and further mistreatment, Amnesty International is warning. Aden...

Amnesty International has condemned an Israeli court’s verdict that the government of Israel bears no responsibility in the death of Rachel Corrie, saying the verdict continues a pattern of impunity...

Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine people were executed on Thursday 23 August in The Gambia, and that more persons are under threat of imminent executions in the coming days...