Amnesty International today urged the Yemeni authorities to end its crackdown on anti-government demonstrations after two protesters were reported to have been killed in Sana’a. They would be the...

Amnesty International has urged the Bahraini authorities to ensure the safety of people participating in peaceful protests and of all detainees after one demonstrator described how police tortured him...

Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Budapest Metropolitan Court on 18 February, overturning a police resolution of 11 February that banned the Budapest Pride march. The march had been...

Human rights violations including sexual violence and unlawful killings are being perpetrated by forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and also to internationally recognised...

Amnesty International today called for a rigorous review of PSNI training of overseas police forces in light of the killings of protestors by Libyan and Bahraini police. The PSNI and members of other...

Full UN arms embargo needed; referral to International Criminal Court a possibility Amnesty International has today called on the UN Security Council and the Arab League to launch an immediate mission...

You Tube images appear to link UK company to lethal anti-protestor actions A Leicestershire company may have supplied Colonel Gaddafi’s Libyan government forces with armoured crowd control vehicles...

Commenting ahead of tomorrow's (Wednesday 23rd February) Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee debate on Migration and Trafficking following the committee's own inquiry last year, John...

Malorie Blackman and Elizabeth Laird confirmed as judges Two leading British authors were today confirmed as judges for Amnesty International’s prestigious Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year...

Injured prisoners left to be helped by fellow prisoners; hundreds of prisoners still at risk Egyptian prison guards in watchtowers are feared to have shot dead scores of inmates and a visitor during...