“Do you think you’re so brave?... Let’s hope you also go to prison… If you don’t go to prison, we'll kill you.” – Example of a threat made to one human rights defender who has since fled region in...

In a new report published today [21 Jan], Amnesty International has called for arms transfers to Somalia to be suspended until there are adequate safeguards to prevent weapons from being used to...

Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of four Vietnamese prisoners of conscience jailed for their peaceful pro-democracy activism. In a trial lasting just one...

Amnesty International today warned the Angolan authorities against a crackdown on human rights activists after several were detained in the Cabinda region in the wake of the 8 January attack on the...

Call for lifting of blockade one year on from end of Operation ‘Cast Lead’ One year on from the end of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza Amnesty has called on Israel to lift its “suffocating”...

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to put in place measures for the protection of human rights and the most vulnerable among the survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake. In...

Amnesty International calls on all candidates standing in Sri Lanka’s Presidential elections on Tuesday 26 January to end widespread human rights violations and the culture of impunity that continues...

Pressure groups accuse the government of putting business interests above human rights and the environment. Taxpayers’ money could be used to fund child labour or slavery under new government...

Reacting to media reports today that Google is to stop censoring Internet search results for users of its Google.cn service in China, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Amnesty has...

Czech School system still condemns Roma kids to education for Children's rights with mental disabilities despite court ruling A new Amnesty International report on the Czech Republic (13 January)...