Pakistan’s lawmakers must immediately reverse their decision to reinstate military courts, Amnesty International said today. Responding to Pakistan’s parliament passing a bill to reinstate military...

‘People who know her say that Violette is not involved in politics at all’ - Sarah Jackson British national Violette Uwamahoro, the pregnant wife of a political opposition activist living in exile...

Forty pairs of shoes worn by family members searching for their disappeared loved ones in Mexico have gone on display in London today. The exhibition, at Amnesty International UK’s building in east...

Ahmed Mansoor, who was taken away at 3.15am, could be at risk of torture Amnesty international has expressed fears for the safety of a leading human rights activist in the UAE who has been arrested...

Amnesty International activists will erect a six-feet-high gravestone in Parliament Square on Wednesday 22 March (10.30am) in memory of the thousands of Yemeni civilians killed in Saudi Arabia-led...

Amnesty International has announced the judges for the Amnesty CILIP Honour attached to the Carnegie and the Kate Greenaway Medals for outstanding children’s books. The Amnesty Honour commendations...

Amnesty International has launched a new series of its ‘In Their Own Words’ podcasts, highlighting extraordinary stories from around the world. In the second podcast series, we hear remarkable...

ILO meeting on Tuesday to decide whether to continue hearing unions’ complaint ‘This is a critical juncture for migrant workers in Qatar’ - James Lynch The International Labour Organisation’s...

‘Six harrowing years on, there is no excuse for allowing the horrific crimes under international law that are being committed in Syria to go unpunished’ - Samah Hadid As war crimes and crimes against...

Amnesty International activists will take a “flashmob”-style demonstration around London on Thursday 16 March in protest at the planned introduction on this day of the revised version of the USA’s...