Two friends will attempt to climb the height of Mount Everest for charity on Friday 11th March, by making a record-breaking 1,106 ascents of an eight metre climbing wall at The British Leisure Show in...

Other nations and the UN should speak out against a wave of executions in Iran, the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and six human rights organisations said today. Shirin Ebadi and the human rights...

Amnesty International is calling on the Libyan government to end its clampdown on peaceful political activists after violence erupted at demonstrations in the city of Benghazi following the arrest of...

Amnesty International has condemned the heavy-handed tactics used by Bahrain’s riot police earlier today after the second death in two days of protestors calling for political reform in the Gulf state...

Two members of the opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party's (APFP) youth organisation were targeted by police last week after calling for protests against the Azerbaijani government on Facebook...

Amnesty International is urging the authorities of Italy and the European Union to protect the human rights of thousands of migrants from Tunisia arriving on the Italian mainland and island of...

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls remain exposed to abusive conditions, says Amnesty Indonesian domestic workers, the vast majority of them Women's rights's rightss...

Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for breaking up an apparently peaceful march held in Tehran in support of Egyptian and Tunisian protests. Protests were also reportedly held...

Amnesty International has condemned the violence of Yemen’s security forces after they beat protesters with sticks and reportedly shocked them with electric batons amid ongoing demonstrations inspired...

Thousands of people rallied in cities across the world today to demand respect for human rights in the Middle East and North Africa as part of a global day of action organised by Amnesty International...