DATE: Thursday 4 July, 7.30pm VENUE: Europa Hotel, Belfast House of Commons Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, will deliver the Amnesty International Pride Lecture next month in Belfast. The free lecture...

Chinese mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to do more to prevent their operations from leading to human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today in...

The Romanian authorities betray thousands of their citizens through broken promises and total disregard of their right to adequate housing, Amnesty International said in a new report published today...

A new report from Amnesty International has revealed that the Spanish authorities are routinely failing to investigate crimes committed during the Civil War and Franco period. Time passes, impunity...

Police in Turkey are refusing to acknowledge that they have people in custody following mass detentions carried out during the night in Istanbul, Amnesty International said today. More than a hundred...

Zimbabwe’s government must ensure there is no repeat of the violence that marred the presidential elections in 2008, Amnesty International warned today as the country’s leaders publicly disputed the...

‘The escalation in repression is an outrageous attempt by the Iranian authorities to silence critics ahead of the presidential election’ - Philip Luther The Iranian authorities have intensified a...

Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah thought to have been waterboarded in Poland A five-year investigation into Poland’s involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programme must be...

*Journalists support #FreeAliOthman campaign for detained Syrian media worker Amnesty International UK has announced the winners of its prestigious annual media awards 2013 for human rights journalism...

The Bangladeshi government’s failure to address the contentious issue of land rights in the eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts region, has left tens of thousands landless and fostered a cycle of violent...