A 20-year prison sentence for sending four text messages deemed offensive to the Queen of Thailand is a blow to freedom of expression, Amnesty International has said. Amphon Tangnoppaku, 61, was...

On Nov 28th Amnesty International launches its first-ever concept shopping emporium, in London’s unique shipping-container-department-store, BOXPARK Shoreditch. Throughout 2012 Amnesty Shop @ BOXPARK...

The Belarusian authorities must immediately release a prominent human rights activist convicted today on politically motivated financial charges, Amnesty International said today. Ales Bialiatski...

Authorities in Cameroon must immediately release two men who have been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Yaounde for homosexual acts, Amnesty International said today. A third man was...

A power-transfer agreement reportedly granting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and others immunity from prosecution in exchange for leaving office, deals a serious blow to victims of human rights...

‘The true test now will be the speed, extent and seriousness with which the government follows through on the BICI's recommendations’ - Philip Luther Amnesty International has urged Bahrain’s...

“This fatally flawed bill, takes us right back to the apartheid-era restrictions on free speech.” The South African parliament’s approval of a draconian secrecy bill which could see journalists and...

Military trials, torture, crushed demonstrations, arrests of critics, use of ‘thugs’, expanded emergency laws - Mubarak-era tactics being used ‘The brutal and heavy-handed response to protests in the...

Humanitarian concerns ignored as UN talks continue on cluster munitions Campaigners today called on the UK government to resist attempts by the United States and other countries to agree a law that...

The Ethiopian government should cease using its overly broad anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On...