Amnesty International is calling on all countries neighbouring Kyrgyzstan to open their borders to thousands of people desperately seeking refuge from the violence that has engulfed the southern part...

Reacting to the publication today of Lord Saville’s report into ‘Bloody Sunday’, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “The inquiry into Bloody Sunday began with a promise of truth and we...

Five Burmese exiled dissidents staged a defiant protest at the country’s London embassy earlier this morning to mark the 65th birthday of Burma’s iconic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi led...

Amnesty International has urged the Kyrgyzstani interim government and local authorities to ensure protection for all Kyrgyzstani citizens and in particular those of Uzbek origin who have been...

Human rights violations in the run up to the World Cup There has been an increase in police harassment of informal traders (hawkers), homeless South Africans, and refugees and migrants who are living...

Amnesty International called on the Colombian authorities to ensure justice for all victims of the 1985 hostage situation at the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, which left over 100 people dead, following...

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“Chilling indifference” shown to Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls’ rights – Amnesty Amnesty International has expressed great disappointment at the Nicaragua...

Millions of Pakistanis in the north-west tribal areas live in a human rights-free zone where they have no legal protection from the government and are subject to abuses by the Taleban, Amnesty...

“It’s essential that we stand up for the unjustly imprisoned and be their voice. The prisoner’s worst nightmare is the thought of being forgotten. But knowing that your plight is in the hearts and...