Human rights violations including sexual violence and unlawful killings are being perpetrated by forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and also to internationally recognised...

Amnesty International today called for a rigorous review of PSNI training of overseas police forces in light of the killings of protestors by Libyan and Bahraini police. The PSNI and members of other...

Full UN arms embargo needed; referral to International Criminal Court a possibility Amnesty International has today called on the UN Security Council and the Arab League to launch an immediate mission...

You Tube images appear to link UK company to lethal anti-protestor actions A Leicestershire company may have supplied Colonel Gaddafi’s Libyan government forces with armoured crowd control vehicles...

Commenting ahead of tomorrow's (Wednesday 23rd February) Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee debate on Migration and Trafficking following the committee's own inquiry last year, John...

Malorie Blackman and Elizabeth Laird confirmed as judges Two leading British authors were today confirmed as judges for Amnesty International’s prestigious Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year...

Injured prisoners left to be helped by fellow prisoners; hundreds of prisoners still at risk Egyptian prison guards in watchtowers are feared to have shot dead scores of inmates and a visitor during...

Amnesty International today called on Libyan leader Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi to immediately rein in his security forces amid reports of machine guns and other weapons being used against protestors and a...

Actor Samuel West will hand in a letter of protest and address a demonstration outside the Belarusian embassy in London this Saturday 19 February at 2pm The protest is held in solidarity with all the...

Call for all governments to stop discrimination and violation of human rights Amnesty International will lead a delegation of Scottish organisations campaigning for the rights of Gypsy Travellers and...