A four-CD compilation of Bob Dylan cover songs is being released in the UK on 6 February. The release, on the Universal Record label and on iTunes, is called Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan...

Today’s announcement that the UK government has decided to conclude the work of the Detainee Inquiry, provides an opportunity to address the failures of the current system and establish an inquiry...

Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of four activists arrested over the distribution of T-shirts calling for an end to dictatorship in Gambia. One activist, Dr Amadou Scattred...

Amnesty International has welcomed today’s ruling from the European Court of Human Rights halting the planned deportation of Abu Qatada over torture evidence fears, but warned that the court’s ruling...

Human rights campaigners in County Down are celebrating today as it has been confirmed that three prisoners of conscience for whose release the group have been campaigning are among the dissidents who...

The release of at least 130 political prisoners in Burma today – including well-known dissidents Htay Kywe, U Khun Htun Oo, Min Ko Naing, and U Gambira – is a significant move, Amnesty International...

‘There is shocking disrespect for basic human rights in Saudi Arabia’ - Tim Hancock As the Prime Minister David Cameron today visits Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International issued a new five-page briefing...

Amnesty International is calling on the UK government to ensure accountability for the 1989 killing of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane after today's ruling by the High Court in Northern Ireland...

Tunisia's interim government is yet to deliver the comprehensive human rights reform that protesters were calling for a year ago, Amnesty International said today. A year after former President Zine...

The Saudi Arabian authorities should launch an independent investigation into the death of a Shi’a protester who was killed during a demonstration in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Issam Muhammad...