Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images ‘Bradley Manning should be shown clemency in recognition of his motives for acting as he did’ - Widney Brown President Obama should commute US Army Private Bradley...

‘What would be the point of having a UN team of experts in the country if they are not allowed to access the sites of the alleged attacks…?’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui In response to the publication of a...

© Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The pressure to destroy documents placed on the Guardian newspaper by the UK authorities represents a threat to freedom of expression, the right to information and the...

USA has supplied military rifles and machineguns as recently as June All governments must suspend the transfer of weapons of the type used by Egypt’s security forces in violent dispersals and...

The Edward Snowden journalist Glenn Greenwald was clearly being targeted by the detention The partner of a Guardian journalist who was detained earleir today while in transit at a London airport was...

‘There seems to be little doubt the security forces have been acting with blatant disregard for human life’ - Philip Luther There must be a full and impartial investigation into the violent dispersal...

‘We hope that Nigeria will … play a leading role in encouraging other African states to get behind the treaty’ - Lucy Freeman Nigeria’s ratification of the landmark global Arms Treaty this week is a...

The Egyptian security forces must take urgent steps to avoid further bloodshed after a pro-Morsi sit-in was dispersed in Cairo today, Amnesty International said this afternoon. Amnesty is currently...

The Greek authorities must act immediately to curb the growing spate of xenophobic and racist attacks Amnesty International said today. It follows a brutal knife attack by a mob of around 20 men on...

‘The people of Bahrain have the right to express their views freely and to protest peacefully without the threat of violence’ - Philip Luther The Bahraini authorities must not crack down on mass anti...