The Nigerian authorities must commute all death sentences and impose an official moratorium on executions, Amnesty International said today, following the confirmation of a death sentence by the...

Malaysian authorities responded to a peaceful rally for electoral reform in Kuala Lumpur today (Saturday) with mass arrests and excessive use of force, Amnesty International said today. At least 924...

Amnesty International has urged the Senegalese authorities not to return former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Chad where he has been sentenced to death in absentia. Senegalese officials have said...

UN member states must act to control arms shipments to volatile regions like Sudan’s Southern Kordofan, Amnesty International said today ahead of a week of talks on a global Arms Treaty. China, Russia...

Following two landmark judgments from the European Court of Human Rights yesterday, Amnesty International is once again calling on the UK authorities to act decisively to ensure accountability for...

The UK Government must conduct a complete and radical overhaul of the current system of enforced removals from the UK, according to a new briefing and campaign launched today (7 July) by Amnesty In

The UK Government must conduct a complete and radical overhaul of the current system of enforced removals from the UK, according to a new briefing and campaign launched today (7 July) by Amnesty...

Reporter Urunboy Usmonov named prisoner of conscience The Tajikistani authorities must immediately release a BBC journalist who has been held - apparently solely for his work - since mid-June, said...

Tell Kalakh operation involved systematic round-ups and torture The brutal methods used in a devastating Syrian security operation in the western town of Tell Kalakh may constitute crimes against...

The Netherlands was responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a local appeals court in The Hague has ruled today. The case is...