Second journalist in six weeks to be killed in Somalia Amnesty International has urged the international community to call on the Somali authorities to bring to justice those responsible for attacks...
The USA must disclose details of the legal and factual basis for the lethal use of drones in Pakistan, Amnesty International said today, after US President Barack Obama confirmed that the unmanned...
The Bahraini authorities must release the first woman activist to be convicted over her involvement in last year's pro-reform demonstrations, Amnesty International said today after a court rejected...
Amnesty International has today criticised the UK’s decision to export tear gas to Bahrain – where multiple deaths have been caused as a result of the use of this weapon by the country’s security...
Amnesty International's Comedy Class of 2012 including Jon Stewart, Russell Brand and Coldplay to perform in NYC for one night only The funniest night of the decade has been set for Sunday 4 March...
"It is horrifying to find that there has been no progress to stop the use of torture" - Donatella Rovera Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and...
Donations of a humble, yet vital, item of clothing are being asked for by Amnesty International to highlight the plight of the thousands of migrants travelling across Central America every year. When...
‘It is horrifying to find that there has been no progress to stop the use of torture’ - Donatella Rovera Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and...
Amnesty International has welcomed the report today by the Home Affairs select Committee into the “Rules governing enforced removals from the UK”. The report is yet another damning indictment of using...
*Security forces’ tear gas use - including firing into peoples’ homes - questioned *Children's rights and the elderly amongst fatalities Bahrain must investigate more than a dozen deaths that followed...