The UN mission in Ivory Coast (UNOCI) must protect the tens of thousands of civilians displaced by the conflict who wish to return to their home villages but are afraid to do so, Amnesty International...

Bahrain urged to stop targeting protesters after two more deaths in custody The Bahraini authorities must urgently reveal the whereabouts and legal status of more than 400 mostly Shi’a opposition...

Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and nine human and labour rights organisations today expressed dismay at parliamentary proceedings in Iran which look set to pass into law a bill which appears...

‘He said if you don’t stop your political opposition activities we will kidnap you, rape you and videotape the rape’ - Fatima Ahmed, an opposition activist threatened in Erbil The Iraqi authorities...

Amnesty International has today revealed fresh evidence of extrajudicial executions apparently committed by Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's forces near the town of Ajdabiya in recent days. Amnesty...

Authorities in Swaziland must ensure the safety of four key activists who were detained on Sunday evening in an apparent bid to disrupt planned protests marches, Amnesty International said today. The...

Authorities in Uganda must drop all criminal charges against several leading opposition figures temporarily detained on Monday (11 April) for taking part in protests in the capital Kampala, said...

Condemnation at the detention of people protesting against “burka ban” Amnesty International condemns the detention of several people, including two Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's...

The Iraqi authorities must immediately launch an independent investigation into reports that Iraqi troops killed and injured residents of a camp for Iranian exiles north of Baghdad in an unprovoked...

Responding to the death yesterday of the influential business and human rights figure Sir Geoffrey Chandler CBE, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Sir Geoffrey was a towering figure...