Includes Stand Up For Freedom, No Pressure to be Funny, Comics vs Critics match and new Secret Comedy Podcast “If you just see one show at Edinburgh, see Stand Up for Freedom. It’s like a taster menu...

‘Killing captives is a serious violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime’ - Philip Luther The investigation announced by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) into the alleged unlawful killings...

‘Leaving it up to Texas over how to comply … appears to be something akin to leaving the fox in charge of the henhouse’ - Rob Freer The Texas authorities should commute the death sentence of a...

As the Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin in London today, Amnesty International has urged Mr Cameron to “dispense with the kid gloves” in talks with Mr...

At least eight killed on Tuesday had bullet wounds to chests The Sudanese security forces must stop shooting protesters with live ammunition, Amnesty International said today, after confirming that at...

Aleppo crackdown part of crimes against humanity by Syrian government forces The assault by Syrian government forces on the city of Aleppo is the culmination of months of brutal crackdowns against...

On Monday 6 August Amnesty International will host its annual Human Rights and Journalism panel discussion on current human rights issues being debated in the press and the importance of investigative...

Mali must halt its slide into human rights chaos and open investigations into dozens of cases of enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and torture documented by Amnesty International. In a...

Responding to reports that an unwed couple has been stoned to death in a town in northern Mali, Amnesty International’s Deputy Africa Director Paule Rigaud said: "Amnesty condemns this gruesome and...

The Chilean authorities must initiate a thorough, independent investigation into the police use of force during and after an eviction that resulted in a dozen Indigenous community members – including...