Amnesty International today urged Haitian authorities to bring former President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to justice for the human rights abuses committed under his regime from 1971 - 1986. The...

Responding to media reports that the UK Ministry of Defence had contacted solicitors for families of many of the victims of Bloody Sunday to make compensation offers, Amnesty International said that...

“Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls in Colombia are often treated as trophies of war” The Colombian authorities have failed to tackle the lack of justice for Women's...

Conditions in many prisons across Liberia are so poor that they violate basic human rights with inmates crowded into dirty cells without adequate food, water or healthcare, Amnesty International said...

The release of the two US hikers imprisoned for more than two years in Iran is welcome, but long overdue, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International Deputy Director for Middle East and...

‘Too Much Doubt’ campaigners will assemble outside embassy from 10pm Bianca Jagger and Amnesty UK director Kate Allen will lead candle-lit event Bianca Jagger, the Council of Europe’s Goodwill...

Groups are striking their victims at will in Balochistan The killing of 29 Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan’s Balochistan province highlights the failure of Pakistani authorities to address sectarian...

42-year-old executed despite huge response to ‘Too Much Doubt’ campaign Campaigners have expressed their shock and sadness at the execution of Troy Davis in the US state of Georgia early this morning...

European countries have shamefully failed to help thousands of mainly African refugees stranded near Libya’s borders, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing paper. In Europe, now it is...

Troy Davis to be executed tomorrow despite huge response to ‘Too Much Doubt’ campaign ‘Terrible day for US justice’ - Kate Allen Vigil outside US embassy in London planned for tomorrow night...