The Kenyan government must put an immediate end to mass evictions until legal safeguards are put in place to protect the human rights of thousands of residents living in slums and informal settlements...

‘Today’s decision is extremely disappointing’ - Steven W Hawkins Amnesty International has condemned today’s decision by the US Supreme Court to deny a petition to the court by a man with an IQ of 70...

‘The Louisiana prison authorities put this man through hell’ - Tessa Murphy Responding to news of the death today of Herman Wallace, the 71-year-old “Angola 3” prisoner who has died just days after...

Amnesty International have condemned the Moscow authorities’ decision to block their planned Sochi protest against the lack of freedom of expression in Russia. The authorities pulled the plug on the...

The arrival of the Olympic torch in Moscow should be used to shine a light on the growing number of human rights violations across Russia, Amnesty International said today.

Following reports of the deaths of over 100 migrants off the Italian island of Lampedusa this morning, Amnesty International says the Italian authorities and the European Union must do more to protect...

Hundreds of Children's rights are being killed and thousands forced out of education across northern Nigeria as horrific assaults on schools by armed attackers become more targeted, Amnesty...

Turkish authorities committed human rights violations on a massive scale in the government’s attempts to crush the Gezi Park protests this summer, Amnesty International revealed in a new report...

Yesterday's decision to overturn the conviction of a terminally-ill man held in solitary confinement in the USA for more than 41 years after a flawed trial is a positive step but long overdue after...

The 30 Greenpeace activists and crew members were violently detained in Russia on 19 September. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images ‘The Russian authorities have clearly decided to make an example of...