Today's government takeover of Zaman newspaper is the latest deeply troubling episode of the Turkish authorities’ ongoing onslaught on dissenting media, Amnesty International sai

The brutal killing of an outspoken indigenous leader in Honduras highlights the dangers faced by human rights activists in the country, said Amnesty International today.

Responding to David Cameron’s announcement at a meeting with French president Francois Hollande today that the UK will contribut

Total abortion ban in place in seven countries across Latin America 16-year-old girl died after doctors delayed treatment because of her pregnancy

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Even underground hospitals have been destroyed with attacks designed to empty the area ahead of Aleppo offensive

Prisoner left in a coma after severe beating by guards who claimed ‘he had a seizure’

Shell’s failure to maintain and protect pipelines may leave it liable to a raft of compensation claims from dozens of Niger Delta communities, said Amnesty International today as London