Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah thought to have been waterboarded in Poland A five-year investigation into Poland’s involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programme must be...

*Journalists support #FreeAliOthman campaign for detained Syrian media worker Amnesty International UK has announced the winners of its prestigious annual media awards 2013 for human rights journalism...

The Bangladeshi government’s failure to address the contentious issue of land rights in the eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts region, has left tens of thousands landless and fostered a cycle of violent...

Announcement came at news conference in Warsaw this morning A Yemeni man held at Guantánamo has become the third person to seek “victim status” in an ongoing investigation by the Polish Prosecutor’s...

Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner’s response Amnesty international has warned that the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan latest intervention in the country’s protest situation is “nothing...

Amnesty International has called on the PSNI to ensure that security and policing arrangements fully respect the freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly of demonstrators during this year's G8...

New satellite imagery and eyewitness testimonies from rebel-held areas in Sudan’s Blue Nile State show that Sudanese military forces have resorted to brutal scorched earth tactics to drive out the...

French and West African forces have handed over detainees despite torture risk Civilians are among dozens of people who have been tortured, killed and disappeared, including while in detention, since...

William Hague’s commitment to tackling impunity for sexual violence will face a fresh challenge this week when he comes face to face with the Colombian President in London. President Juan Manuel...

Amnesty International UK will be announcing the winners of its prestigious annual media awards 2013 for human rights journalism at 10pm on Tuesday 11 June . The awards event, being presented this year...