Twenty-six years after the killing of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, Amnesty International says the UK’s failure to hold an independent public inquiry into the circumstances of his death

EU countries should be hanging their heads in shame following reports this morning that as many as 300 migrants are believed to have died in the Mediterranean off the Italian island of La

The inclusion of Kincora Boys' Home in the Westminster child abuse inquiry is expected to be raised by members of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee today (2pm).

‘The proposed definition of terrorism includes so many crimes that it is rendered virtually meaningless’ - Julia Hall

The guilty verdict against a Hong Kong employer for the extreme abuse she inflicted on two migrant domestic workers must act as a wake-up call for the authorities to stop the widespread exploitatio

A Malaysian court’s decision to uphold a “sodomy” conviction against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and to hand him a five-year prison sentence is an oppressive ruling that will

Today’s abrupt halt of the US military court hearing of five alleged plotters of the 11 September 2001 attacks is just the latest in a string of serious incidents that have marked the inheren

“It’s high time that the British government stopped allowing its overseas territory to be used as a secret haven for hiding illicit activity” – Meghna Abraham

Amnesty International UK is hosting an innovative poetry event at its east London headquarters to highlight the plight of a poet jailed for 15 years in the Gulf state of Qatar.