‘Killing sprees’ in Iran and Iraq fuelled 15% rise in executions during 2013

The European Union must immediately deploy peacekeeping troops to protect civilians in the Central African Republic amid a worrying new surge in violence, said Amnesty International this afternoon.

The Chinese authorities must immediately let the family of deceased activist Cao Shunli see her body as fears grow the authorities will cremate her body to destroy any evidence of her mistreatment

‘Mikhail Kosenko’s only transgression was to peacefully protest and speak his mind’ Sergei Nikitin

Responding to news that the UK is due to receive the first Syrian refugees today as part of a resettlement scheme Amnesty International UK’s Refugee Programme Director, Jan Shaw, said:

‘This is the largest single batch of simultaneous death sentences we’ve seen … anywhere in the world’

The Chinese authorities must end the persecution of all those trying to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, Amnesty International said, after a man was jailed for 18 months

‘The decision to block Twitter is an unprecedented attack on internet freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey’ Andrew Gardner

Amnesty International welcomed the announcement today that three employees of security firm G4S would be charged with manslaughter in the Mubenga case, but said this should not mean their employers

Amnesty expert available for interview