Amnesty International is deeply concerned at the ongoing indiscriminate attacks by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan...

Bahrain must release a prominent human rights defender whose conviction for involvement in anti-government protests has been upheld by an appeal court today, Amnesty International has said. Nabeel...

‘Unless this means there are wider human rights reforms planned then it really is too little, too late’ - Ann Harrison Amnesty International has written to the Jordanian authorities urging them to...

Amnesty International has denounced raids earlier today by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on three Palestinian NGOs in Ramallah in the West Bank. Members of the IDF seized computers, work files and...

A new law issued by Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi giving military officers policing powers is a dangerous loophole which may well lead to the military trial of civilians, Amnesty International...

Hard Rock project will benefit Amnesty’s human rights work Hard Rock has launched a new limited-edition U2 t-shirt to mark international human rights day (10 December) and raise funds for Amnesty...

A march to commemorate International Human Rights Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been banned by police, prompting Amnesty International to urge the authorities to uphold the right to freedom of...

Call for increased level of protection for Ministry of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s Affairs officials The killing of a female government official in eastern Afghanistan...

People who stand up for human rights and speak out for minorities are themselves increasingly becoming the target of violent attacks and systematic intimidation across the Americas, according to a new...

Dozens of student activists kept behind bars in Iran, some since 2009, must be freed immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International urged, as thousands marked National Student Day at...