Iraqis displaced by fighting in the north-west of the country must be given urgent humanitarian assistance, Amnesty International said after tens of thousands of civilians fled the town of Sinjar a

Gruesome video footage, images and testimonies gathered by Amnesty International provide fresh evidence of extrajudicial executions and other serious human rights violations being carried out by al

‘Dow's position is pure hypocrisy - they reap Union Carbide profits but balk at its obligations’ - Audrey Gaughran

‘Edward Snowden is in a legal limbo, without a passport or asylum protection from any government’ - Sherif Elsayed-Ali

‘The UN Security Council must not stand by yet again and bear witness to mounting atrocities’ - Salil Shetty

The striking-down of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a step towards stopping state-sponsored discrimination in its tracks, said Amnesty International.

As UK based metals and mining company, Vedanta, holds its AGM meeting in London this afternoon, Amnesty International has accused the company of holding a sham consultation this week with locals ov

New climate of fear where voicing any criticism has become ‘a direct road to prison’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

Amnesty International today called on the Home Secretary Theresa May to give specific assurances that the Official Secrets Act will be very specifically suspended to enable potential witnesses, suc