Amnesty International has responded to news of today's visit by Liu Yandong, State Councillor and the highest ranking female politician in China's Communist Party, by calling on Northern Ireland's...

North Korea’s ‘Day of the Sun’ – the official title for the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung’s birth to be celebrated this Sunday – is an opportunity to shed light on the country’s abysmal human...

‘The 40-year isolated incarceration of these two men is scandalous’ - Everette Harvey Thompson In the lead-up to the 40th “anniversary” of the solitary confinement of the “Angola 3” prisoners in the...

A prominent Chinese housing activist jailed today on spurious charges must be released immediately, Amnesty International has said. Ni Yulan, who is disabled, was handed a two-year-and-eight-month...

‘We hold the Bahraini authorities responsible for his situation’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent human rights activist whose...

Responding to fresh reports of the UK’s alleged involvement in the rendition of several people to Libya, Amnesty International UK Policy Adviser Tara Lyle said: “The allegations are mounting higher...

Amnesty International has said that the Libyan authorities must act “without further delay” on yesterday’s call by the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordering Libya to surrender Saif al-Islam al...

*US-Afghan prisoner transfer will affect over 3,000 detainees *‘Agreement is all the more worrisome given we are talking about specific and real risks of torture’ - Catherine Baber A deal that will...

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A vote to repeal the death penalty by the US state of Connecticut’s State Senate is a leap forward in the battle to end capital punishment, Amnesty International said today. The vote - by 20 votes to...