Amnesty International today joined bereaved families in calling for an independent public inquiry to be established into the circumstances leading to the Omagh bomb and the investigative failures that...

‘We are urging Hamas to immediately halt all executions planned for after Eid al-Fitr’ - Philip Luther The Hamas authorities in Gaza must halt several executions they say they plan to carry out after...

New satellite images of Aleppo provide the most recent evidence of how the protracted conflict in Syria is resulting in massive human rights violations against the civilian population, Amnesty...

Sporadic protests have continued in Bahrain. © MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/GettyImages *King Hamad issues decrees hours after meeting Cameron in Downing Street *Fathers could face jail if their Children's...

Amnesty International has categorically rejected a claim made by Nabil Fahmy, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, that Amnesty has said it has evidence that “heavy weapons” are present inside a sit-in by...

Secrets for tickets – whisper in a Secret Policeman’s ear for the chance to win a pair of tickets to next show Amnesty International today announced the guests due to appear on the Secret Comedy...

‘The Prawer-Begin plan is a blatant example of Israel’s discriminatory policies towards its Palestinian minority. It must be dropped immediately’ - Philip Luther The Israeli authorities must avoid...

‘While Manning could face more than a century behind bars, numerous high-level officials … have been let off scot-free’ - Widney Brown The US authorities have failed to deliver justice for serious...

‘It’s hard not to draw the conclusion that Manning's trial was about sending a message: the US government will come after you’ - Widney Brown Despite an acquittal on the most serious “aiding the enemy...

The government of Ivory Coast must excavate wells thought to be mass graves containing victims of an attack on a displaced persons camp last year, Amnesty International said in a report published...