Amnesty International is calling on governments to make the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) a time for action not just for celebration. Amnesty International UK...

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December, Amnesty International and its members around the world will be holding events, launching new books and films...

Ninety two states signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions - which bans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs during a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. Further signatories are...

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and Scottish Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s Aid (SWA) will bring over 100 Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and...

Torturers sing songs while they torture Mauritania is routinely and systematically torturing detainees, said Amnesty International today, as it published a scathing new report denouncing numerous...

The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately disclose the whereabouts of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who was abducted from her home at dawn today by a group of armed plain-clothes men who...

Words are not enough, says Amnesty The people of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) need practical measures and decisive action to stop the gross human rights abuses, not just words, said...

Unique charity campaign asks people to give time not money during the festive season Amnesty International today launches its annual Greetings Card Campaign encouraging people across the UK to send a...

Jamaica’s crime epidemic must be solved with reforms to the police and the justice system, not with more death, said Amnesty International after the Jamaican House of Representatives voted a motion to...

Thousands of Iraqis detained by US forces will be at risk of torture or even execution if they are handed over to the Iraqi authorities, Amnesty International has warned. The warning came as the Iraqi...