A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent unless UN peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo) have further reinforcements to effectively protect civilians, said Amnesty...
Tens of thousands of female migrant domestic workers in Jordan live in appalling conditions with many forced to work up to 19 hours per day and denied their salary, said Amnesty International today...
Reported plans by the governor of the southern Turkish province of Adana to cut health care from demonstrators and their families were condemned today by Amnesty International as ‘collective...
400,000 displaced, over 100 civilians killed and 140 people taken hostage The suspension of the peace talks between the government of the Philippines and insurgents in the southern island of Mindanao...
The Colombian government is painting a positive picture of the human rights situation in Colombia, despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks against social and human rights...
Campaigners’ last-ditch effort to save man set to die despite strong innocence claims Amnesty International campaigners are mounting a candle-lit vigil for the death row prisoner Troy Davis on the...
The awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is a significant acknowledgement of the work of Hu Jia, said Amnesty International as the prize was announced today by the European Parliament...
Amnesty to hold demonstration on the day that Aung San Suu Kyi completes her 13th year in detention and EU and Asian leaders meet in Beijing Amnesty International today called on European Union...
Afghan journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh should be freed immediately as there have never been any legal grounds for his conviction or sentence, Amnesty International said today, in response to news...
Death penalty film to be centerpiece of event with Livia and Colin Firth, Sam Roddick, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Ben Chaplin, Ben Barnes, Beverley Knight and others Evening a ‘Bondage To Freedom...