Join Global Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment. South Sudan should join the great majority of United Nations members that have abolished the death penalty in law or practice by placing a...

The transition of power in China to a new generation of leaders gets underway with the start of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party on 8 November in Beijing. Activists are not hopeful...

The bomb attacks which according to official reports killed 'two Asians' and injured a third need to be investigated thoroughly and independently, Amnesty International said today. Hassiba Hadj...

The Iranian authorities must protect all detainees and prisoners from harassment and degrading treatment, said Amnesty International, after nine female political prisoners, including prisoners of...

Round-ups of dissidents, “black jails” used, heightened internet restrictions to “seal the network” The Chinese authorities are intensifying a crackdown against dissidents ahead of the imminent...

New video evidence emerged on Thursday which appears to show an armed group in Syria’s Idlib province carrying out a mass summary killing of men in their custody. In the footage – which is reported to...

The acquittal of Greek journalist Costas Vaxevanis is a victory for freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Marek Marczyński, Europe and Central Asia Deputy Programme Director at...

Round-ups of dissidents, “black jails” used, heightened internet restrictions to “seal the network” The Chinese authorities are intensifying a crackdown against dissidents ahead of the imminent...

The 16-year-old son of Bassem Tamimi, a detained Palestinian rights activist in the occupied West Bank, was himself arrested by Israeli soldiers today during the regular weekly protest against the...

Jeremy Irons today (1 Nov) urged people throughout the UK to send a message of solidarity and hope to men, Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights around the...