A major fire that forced Shell to close its Trans Niger Pipeline in southern Nigeria raises serious questions about the way the oil giant is operating, Amnesty International and the Nigerian National...

Police in Mauritania are using torture to coerce men, women and Children's rights into confessing to crimes while in custody, Amnesty International said after a 10-day research mission. Amnesty’s...

Responding to the news that s ome 117 death row prisoners in Viet Nam face imminent execution when a change in the law comes into effect tomorrow, Amnesty International urged the government to...

A death row prisoner in Nigeria is due to be executed by firing squad later this week after prison authorities dragged him to the gallows where they hanged four other men on Monday night, Amnesty...

African American woman’s trial was held with overwhelmingly white jury Amnesty International has described the planned 500th execution in the US state of Texas tonight as a “shameful milestone” and is...

However, concerns expressed over separate ‘Proposition 8’ ruling Amnesty International has this afternoon welcomed a decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down a provision in a law that...

The Syrian authorities must drop charges against five human rights activists whose "patently unfair" terror trial was today put on hold for another two months, Amnesty International said. The five men...

Ahead of an event in Westminster today, organised to mark 15 years since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Amnesty International said the delay in delivering a Bill of Rights was...

Homophobic attacks and harassment across sub-Saharan Africa are reaching dangerous levels, Amnesty International warned in a new report out today. Making Love a Crime: Criminalisation of same-sex...

Snowden’s right to seek asylum must be respected The US authorities must not prosecute anyone for disclosing information about the government’s human rights violations, Amnesty International has said...