The deaths of two men in police custody in the Bahamas last weekend highlight the urgent need for greater accountability for police abuses, Amnesty International said today. Jamie Smith, 33, and Aaron...

A Milan Appeals Court has ruled that two former top Italian intelligence officials and three Italian agents were involved in the kidnapping of an Egyptian national Abu Omar. The two senior officials...

Amnesty International UK, the National Union of Students and The Observer today issued a final call to students to enter the prestigious Student Human Rights Reporter award. The final deadline for...

Petition to US embassy demands resolution in Shaker Aamer case Amnesty International will take a 20,000-strong petition addressed to US president Barack Obama to the US embassy in London later this...

Britain’s youngsters have just a few days left to enter the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The competition aims to find the young reporters and photographers of tomorrow and is...

Reports by Zimbabwean state media that a new hangman has been appointed raises grave fears that the country may be preparing to start executions again after a seven-year hiatus, Amnesty International...

A 20-year-old woman has become the latest victim of sorcery-related killings in Papua New Guinea. Kepari Leniata was brutally murdered after being accused of using witchcraft to kill a young boy. She...

The Burmese government’s decision to form a committee to review political prisoner cases is a step in the right direction but the review needs to have a much wider reach, Amnesty International has...

The Azerbaijani authorities must release two opposition leaders who are facing trumped-up charges of organising rioting in what appears to be a politically-motivated prosecution, Amnesty International...

‘The Tunisian authorities should be under no illusion that they can condemn the killing and move on’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The killing of Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid, outside his...