Victims of sexual violence in Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict face little hope of ever getting justice, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The Colombian authorities have...

Children's rights as young as 18 months have been targeted during disarmament operation South Sudanese security forces have carried out acts of torture, shootings and sexual violence against civilians...

Today’s decision by Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to ban Belgrade’s Pride march for the second year in a row is “a victory for prejudice” and puts the country in breach of its own law and...

Amnesty International has denounced the extra-judicial execution by firing squad of a man in Mali yesterday as a horrific and illegal act, and the organisation is calling for those responsible to be...

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights protesters in particular have been singled out for abuse by the military President Mohamed Morsi should tackle the bloody legacy of police...

The medical staff are considered to be prisoners of conscience Six medical staff - whose prison sentences for their role in last year's pro-reform uprising in Bahrain were upheld yesterday - have been...

NEW PHOTOJOURNALISM CATEGORY ADDED TO AMNESTY’S YOUNG HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION Amnesty International UK today formally launched the 2013 Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year...

Amnesty International has condemned the murder of an MP in the Maldives, as political turmoil continues to escalate in the country. Dr Afrasheem Ali was stabbed to death outside his home in the...

The convictions of nine health professionals sentenced to prison terms for their role in last year’s pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain must be quashed, Amnesty International has said, responding to a...

More than 500 prisoners kept in isolation for over 10 years Amnesty International has called on the US state of California to end “shocking” conditions in its prison isolation units, as the...