“This fatally flawed bill, takes us right back to the apartheid-era restrictions on free speech.” The South African parliament’s approval of a draconian secrecy bill which could see journalists and...

Military trials, torture, crushed demonstrations, arrests of critics, use of ‘thugs’, expanded emergency laws - Mubarak-era tactics being used ‘The brutal and heavy-handed response to protests in the...

Humanitarian concerns ignored as UN talks continue on cluster munitions Campaigners today called on the UK government to resist attempts by the United States and other countries to agree a law that...

The Ethiopian government should cease using its overly broad anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On...

The National Transitional Council (NTC) must transfer Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to face investigation at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today after reports that he has...

"The violent policing seen over the weekend is reminiscent of the repression during '25 January revolution'" - Philip Luther Full report and media via this press release Egypt’s Supreme Council of the...

Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Russia’s second largest city not to enact a homophobic bill, saying it would threaten freedom of expression and fuel discrimination against the...

Twitter and Facebook campaign targets Idaho governor CL ‘Butch’ Otter The US state of Idaho should prevent its first execution in 17 years, Amnesty International has urged ahead of tomorrow's planned...

The Iraqi authorities must commute all death sentences and ensure verdicts are not based on forced confessions involving torture, Amnesty International said today, after 11 people convicted of...

Rare mass act of defiance – Amnesty urges no reprisals for the public support shown The Chinese authorities must immediately release two Falun Gong practitioners jailed for their beliefs in Hebei...