Amnesty International is urging the Azerbaijani authorities to release a journalist who, despite a Supreme Court ruling this week revoking fabricated charges against him, remains in prison on a new...

Second Alexandria death raises fresh concerns The Egyptian authorities must independently investigate, without delay, allegations that a young man was tortured to death at a police station in...

Reacting to news reports that the UK government has agreed to pay compensation to a number of UK citizens and residents who were detained at Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International’s Director of Europe...

Amnesty International has criticised the latest TV broadcast of a “confession” by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who is awaiting execution by stoning for adultery in Iran. Self-incriminating statements...

Verdict is ‘major step backwards for freedom of expression in Singapore’ Singapore dealt a sharp blow to freedom of expression by sentencing 76-year-old British author Alan Shadrake to jail for...

Two days after the release of Aung San Suu Kyi Amnesty has announced the launch of a project to deliver thousands of radios to the people of Burma. Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK...

Ahead of an EU-USA summit in Portugal (20 November), Amnesty International has called on the EU - including EU countries like the United Kingdom - to deliver justice for the victims of the CIA’s...

It only marks the end of an unfair sentence that was illegally extended, and is by no means a concession on the part of the authorities. Amnesty International today welcomes the release of Aung San...

Amnesty International has today called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release a blogger who the authorities continue to hold despite his completion of a four-year prison sentence. Kareem...

Amnesty International today called on the Indonesian government to block discriminatory moves to institute pregnancy and virginity tests for high school girls. Media reports earlier this week say that...