Still Human Still Here: The underground world of destitute asylum seekers Host Gallery 17 March – 4 April 2009 The shocking, hidden lives of asylum seekers, whose bids for sanctuary have been rejected...

Responding to the BBC interview today with former Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: “Binyam Mohamed’s interview only adds to the...

Authorities to execute in batches of 20 from next week Amnesty International has learnt that the Iraqi judicial authorities have confirmed death sentences against 128 prisoners putting them at...

Freedom of expression in Afghanistan faces increasing threats from the government as well as anti-government forces, Amnesty International warned today. “The Afghan government should show that it can...

Human rights activists in the Middle East and North Africa operate in “an environment of fear”, facing imprisonment, torture, persecution and repression for trying to uphold the rights of others...

Amnesty International has called on the Kenyan government to investigate immediately the execution-style killings of two human rights activists which occurred on 5 March 2009. The two men were shot...

Amnesty International has today called on the Chinese government to immediately open Tibet to human rights monitors and the media and to end its “Strike Hard” campaign, launched in anticipation of...

As many as eight woman are at imminent risk of being stoned to death for adultery in Iran, according to reports received by Amnesty International. The organisation is today (9 March) calling on the...

Amnesty International has released this media briefing ahead of the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising on 10 March 1959, which led to the Dalai Lama fleeing to India. It reveals...

Responding to today’s announcement by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that the government is to launch a consultation process over a new strategy to combat violence against Women's rights's rightss...