Leading UK charities propose new Commission on Business, Human Rights & The Environment UK companies that have committed human rights abuses overseas far too often get away with it, a new report...

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern to the UAE authorities about their apparent failure to date to investigate a serious criminal assault alleged to have been committed by a member of...

Speaking today at an event for Community Relations Week, hosted by Belfast's Lord Mayor for the city's refugee and asylum-seeker community, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of...

Thousands on the move, journalists threatened, general strike called The Pakistan government must provide assistance to at least 65,000 civilians who have fled fighting between Pakistani Taleban and...

The authorities of Moldova appear to be punishing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for carrying out their duties as human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today. In a letter to the...

* Only one detainee released from Guantánamo * Torture memo publication welcome, but accountability for torture still needed * Call on Northern Ireland Executive to help President by offering refuge...

* Only one detainee - Binyam Mohamed - released from Guantánamo * Torture memo publication welcome, but accountability for torture still needed Amnesty International has today (29 April) described US...

Amnesty International welcomed reports today that Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed in Dubai for adultery, has been released. Amnesty has supported Marnie Pearce’s case from the outset and...

Radio programmes broadcast call to throw stones at anyone suspected of ‘being a homosexual’ Amnesty International has called on the Senegalese government to ensure the safety of nine men at risk of...

The hand-in of a petition at the United Arab Emirates embassy today (23 April) for Marnie Pearce, a British woman currently jailed on ‘adultery’ charges in Dubai, was suspended after developments on...