A sham paramilitary demobilisation process, combined with thousands of cases of threats and killings, and a chronic lack of investigations and prosecutions makes Colombia one of the most dangerous...

Amnesty International today (2 July) called for all the evidence and circumstances to be considered as the trial of 18 people accused of involvement in the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant...

Former political prisoner ‘pays back’ Amnesty GoodStorm, a US-based e-commerce and digital music company, has joined forces with Amnesty International to launch a viral music campaign in support of a...

Elton John joins call on all European countries to respect gay rights Tomorrow (Saturday 30 June) Amnesty International members will join the annual Gay Pride march in London and stage a mock...

Iran is the only country in the world that still executes child offenders – people convicted of crimes committed before they were 18 - said Amnesty International in a new report today (27 June). The...

Civilians attacked and killed by government and opposition forces Armed bandits roam in northern CAR, kidnapping Children's rights for ransom Amnesty International today (26 June) warned that hundreds...

The Control Arms campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) Campaigners around the world are celebrating a significant victory...

Amnesty International has today (26 June) called on Poland and Romania to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations into new information concerning CIA “extraordinary rendition”...

Amnesty International is greatly concerned by the continuing threat to the life of Alan Johnston, the BBC News reporter who has been missing for more than 100 days since his abduction in Gaza City on...

Double CD for Amnesty with U2, Avril Lavigne, R.E.M., Aerosmith, Christina Aguilera, Green Day, The Cure, Youssou N’Dour and many others CD to boost Amnesty’s work on crisis in Darfur Some of the...