Industry has more than quadrupled in the last decade

Latest wave of Syrians fleeing Islamic State must be given sanctuary in Turkey

US-Egyptian national Mohamed Soltan is among 86 jailed activists on hunger strike

Some of the cities that have won their bid to host games in the European Football Championship in 2020 may use the tournament for image laundering, Amnesty International warned today.

'With these sentences, the absurd meets the unjust' - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

‘A medieval witch hunt’ against Boko Haram is fuelling massive use of torture ‘Torture is not even a criminal offence in Nigeria’ - Netsanet Belay

Urgent action is needed by the EU to ensure no further migrant deaths in the seas on Europe’s borders, Amnesty International said amid news of further shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean,

'The gap between the number of peacekeepers promised and the number deployed must be urgently filled' Amnesty’s Steve Cockburn

Today’s arrest of the suspects in the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai offers an important opportunity for the Pakistan authorities to address their poor record in protecting people

22 face jail under draconian anti-protest law