‘The hospital was … not a hospital, but a slaughterhouse’ - Salameh Kaileh A prominent journalist has told Amnesty International how Syrian government forces tortured and detained him in deplorable...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in northern Mali and dozens have been subjected to arbitrary detention, extra-judicial executions or sexual violence including rape...

Seventeen Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience must be released immediately, Amnesty International said as 11 of the people jailed for their role in anti-government protests last year, launched a...

Responding to the deal which sees 2,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspending a month-long hunger strike after Israel agreed several measures to improve prison conditions, Amnesty...

Azerbaijan must immediately halt the police use of violence to suppress freedom of expression, Amnesty International said after two separate peaceful protests were broken up by police in the capital...

Launch of All Party Group on Human Trafficking Today Assembly efforts to tackle Human Trafficking in Northern Ireland have stepped up a gear with the launch of the All Party Group on Human Trafficking...

Students take to the streets to demand 'no compromise' from UK government Students from around Scotland will take to Edinburgh's streets this Saturday (12 May 2012) to demand the UK government does...

Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities to immediately renew the visa and press credentials of the expelled Al-Jazeera English China correspondent, Melissa Chan. The channel has...

‘These proposals are dangerous and should be dropped’ - Tara Lyle Responding to an announcement in today’s Queen’s Speech that the government will bring forward a Bill to allow new secret justice...

A Nigerian 31-year old man who was sentenced to death as a juvenile has expressed his happiness at being released from prison and reunited with his family after such a long time, following a...