Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations, including by those opposed to the current government, on 11 February, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic...

An alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of UK-based FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources in Orissa, India, is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their...

Amnesty International is being accused in a media article today of putting the human rights of some people above those of others. This is not, and has never been, true. Implicit in the accusation, is...

Amnesty International UK today reacted to news that the Church of England is to disinvest from UK-based FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources. Amnesty International UK Economic Relations Programme...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s failure to make an assessment of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into violations of international law during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel a year...

Amnesty International is calling on the UK government and the Northern Ireland Executive to uphold victims' rights by ensuring there is an effective inquiry into the extent of child abuse in State run...

On 2 February, in a letter to the Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Miroslava Kopicová, Amnesty International, the European Roma Rights Centre and the Open Society Justice Initiative...

The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion after it reviews the country’s human rights record next Monday [8 February], said Amnesty International. During the United...

Responding to news that Strathclyde Police officials will meet on Thursday 4 February to discuss the supply of Taser weapons to more police officers, Amnesty International said that it was "dismayed"...

Israel’s latest response to the UN on its investigations into alleged violations of international law by its forces in Gaza a year ago is totally inadequate, Amnesty International has said. The...