Ten media workers killed since December The Somali authorities and the international community must act to end impunity for the killing of media workers, Amnesty International said today, following...

Responding to today’s announcement by the Foreign Secretary William Hague on aiding opposition groups in Syria, Amnesty International UK Syria Campaign Manager Kristyan Benedict said: “Practical...

Amnesty International today (10 August) announced an extended line-up for its famed Stand Up For Freedom comedy night at the Edinburgh Festival on Wednesday 15 August. 5* reviewed Edinburgh hit, The...

Amnesty International is warning of a crackdown on freedom of expression in Tunisia after the arrests of two journalists who are being charged with alcohol and “morals” offences. Journalist and...

Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authorities to investigate allegations that two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention have been ill...

Governments across the Americas are putting profit before the physical and cultural survival of thousands of indigenous peoples, Amnesty International warned today. In a new briefing paper published...

‘Turning Syria’s most populous city into a battlefield will have devastating consequences for civilians’ - Christoph Koettl Amnesty International has warned that both sides fighting in Aleppo may be...

Shopkeeper who received an unfair trial and was allegedly tortured could be executed at any time Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to urgently overturn a death sentence for a...

Amnesty International has today hosted its annual Human Rights and Journalism panel discussion on current human rights issues being debated in the press and the importance of investigative journalism...

Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) have challenged oil company Shell’s claims that sabotage was responsible for a seven-day-long oil spill in...