The sentencing of five media workers in Burma each to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for “disclosing state secrets” makes today a dark day for freedom of expression in th

‘The burden is on President Obama to demonstrate that the surveillance was lawful’ - Steven W Hawkins

Responding to the prospect of an emergency Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill, Rachel Logan, Law and Human Rights Adviser at Amnesty UK, said:

More than six months since the conflict in Central African Republic (CAR) escalated, large-scale killings and mutilation of civilians have continued unabated in the country and there has been an al

The forced eviction of some 40 people – half of them young children, including several babies – from a Roma settlement in a Rome suburb this morning is a blatant violation of internatio