Government officials confiscate aid and thousands forced out of emergency shelters The Burmese government is stepping up efforts to force survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and is...

Amnesty International has condemned the sharp crackdown on political opponents and human rights activists in the run up to the second round of Zimbabwe’s presidential elections, as it published a new...

Thousands of people are expected at an Amnesty International demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London today to mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in...

Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani (Yemen) and Aqil Xalil (Azerbaijan) shortlisted Amnesty International UK has shortlisted a Yemeni and an Azerbaijani journalist for its 2008 “Special Award For Human Rights...

JOHN AMAECHI, London 2012 Bid ambassador, speaks out against China’s human rights record and calls for Olympians to follow suit John Amaechi, the first British player to have a career in the elite...

Seaford resident and 2000 and 2004 Paralympian Kristina Veasey calls on other sportsmen and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights to speak out on behalf of China’s citizens...

Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards, which recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

Amnesty welcomes Scottish Parliament discussion on “No Recourse” but insists that action is needed rather than words Amnesty International today (29 May) welcomed the Scottish Parliament debate on the...

Amnesty International today challenged world leaders to apologise for six decades of human rights failure and to re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements. Launching Amnesty International...

As representatives from over 100 governments start to arive in Dublin for next week's major diplomatic conference, where world leaders will finalise the text of an international treaty to ban the use...