An attempt to defraud victims of the Trafigura toxic waste dump disaster out of £31 million must be stopped, Amnesty International said today in an open letter. An organisation known as the National...

Amnesty International has thrown its weight behind a new online campaign for a strong Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Laura Plummer, an Amnesty International member from Downpatrick, today helped...

Amnesty International has condemned the failure of the Guatemalan authorities to thoroughly investigate extra-judicial killings in which police officers have been implicated. In a report released...

Amnesty International is calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to halt the flogging and imprisonment of a 75-year-old woman and two younger men for moral “crimes”. The Saudi Minister of Interior is...

TV presenter and ‘magician of female TV presenters’ face beheading Amnesty International is warning that two men in Saudi Arabia are facing execution after being convicted in relation to “sorcery”...

Human rights violations in Iran are now as bad as at any time in the past 20 years, Amnesty International said today (10 December) in a new report six months on from June’s presidential election...

Amnesty International exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria, in a new report released today (9 Dec). Amnesty International’s Africa Programme Director, Erwin van der Borght...

Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian security forces’ excessive use of force against scores of protesters during today’s student-led demonstrations. In a number of instances, security...

New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organised crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in a report published by Amnesty...

Amnesty International calls for arrest of soldier charged with 15-year-old’s death Amnesty International today demanded the immediate arrest of an army major accused of torturing a 15-year-old...