*Shehadeh’s sister, an Al Arabiya journalist, to launch new Syria freedom of expression foundation at event Amnesty International will host a special film event on Tuesday 18 June on the Syrian film...

Swift medical action is desperately needed to save a young woman’s life, Amnesty International said after El Salvador’s Minister of Health suggested an early Caesarean section could be performed to...

‘The use of violence by police on this scale appears designed to deny the right to peaceful protest altogether’ - John Dalhuisen The Turkish authorities must order police to stop using excessive force...

Northern Ireland victims of clerical child abuse and former residents of Magdalene Laundry-type institutions are coming together to call on the Northern Ireland Executive to establish inquiries into...

‘It appears merely to be an attempt to scapegoat NGOs as a way to divert attention away from the authorities’ poor record’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui A new law on non-governmental organisations in Egypt...

Amnesty International is calling for charges to be dropped against a blogger due to stand trial for criticising staff at a military hospital in Tunisia. The blogger, Hakim Ghanmi, is set to stand...

Ahead of their visit this week to China, Amnesty International has called on the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to raise concerns about human rights abuses in the country - including a...

Amnesty International’s global annual report is a country-by country survey of the human rights record for 2012 of 159 individual countries and territories, including Northern Ireland. Amnesty...

Appeal to White House comes as hunger strike heightens concerns for remaining detainees Ahead of a scheduled speech later today from US President Barack Obama on Guantánamo and security issues...

Just days before the Ukrainian capital Kiev was due to host its first-ever Pride march, a city court has banned the event in what Amnesty International called a shameful about-face that tramples on...