Amnesty International has condemned a decision by a court in Lhasa to hand down death sentences to two Tibetans, Losang Gyaltse and Loyar, accused of starting fatal fires in Lhasa during protests in...

Civil society activists should not be held responsible for the rioting that took place the day after a peaceful youth protest action on 6 April in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, Amnesty...

Racist abuse and ill-treatment by the Austrian police, together with wider discrimination against ethnic minorities and migrants in Austria’s criminal justice system, are exposed in a new Amnesty...

Following the decision taken by the High Court not to extradite four Rwandan men suspected of genocide and other crimes under international law in Rwanda, Campaigns Director of Amnesty International...

The latest eviction of Romani people which has forced many of them to spend a fifth night sleeping in the open shows that the Serbian authorities are failing to comply with their international...

Both the Israeli and Palestinian sides must fully cooperate with the UN’s fact-finding mission looking into possible war crimes and international law violations committed during the recent conflict in...

The conviction of former President Alberto Fujimori is a crucial milestone in the struggle against impunity in Peru and shows that nobody is exempt from being held to account, Amnesty International...

Human rights ‘hang in the balance’ Commenting on the NATO summit on Afghanistan set to begin in Strasbourg today, Amnesty International Asia Pacific Programme Director Sam Zarifi, said: “This really...

Some 450 human rights activists will visit Swansea this weekend to attend the United Kingdom AGM of Amnesty International. Hosted by Swansea University, grass roots activists from across the UK will...

Sichuan environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren was detained on 28 March by the police in Chengdu, Sichuan province on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power”. He is now detained at...