Six months on from issuing a new Criminal Procedure Law designed to reform China's criminal justice system, the Chinese authorities are still illegally holding detainees in custody and refusing them...

Zimbabwean police are continuing to target and intimidate human rights defenders ahead of elections later this month according to a new report published by Amnesty International today. Take action for...

The Chilean State must provide an 11 year old girl who was raped by her stepfather and is now pregnant, with all the psychological and medical support she needs, and make available all the options...

‘The government’s case for “aiding the enemy” is ludicrous. The government should withdraw that charge’ - Widney Brown The US government should immediately drop the “aiding the enemy” charge against...

‘What he has disclosed is patently in the public interest and as a whistleblower his actions were justified’ - Sergei Nikitin Speaking after taking part in a meeting with the US whistleblower Edward...

Report comes a week after Cameron’s controversial trade trip to oil-rich country Amnesty International has accused the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, of “pulling the wool over the eyes”...

The posthumous trial of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been denounced as the “height of absurdity” after a court in Moscow pronounced Mr Magnitsky guilty of tax fraud offences earlier today...

‘He was found guilty on dubious evidence in the first place and he should now be allowed to live out his last days with dignity in the care of his family’ - Tessa Murphy Amnesty International is...

*New visas now made mandatory for entry *At least 95 people sent back to Syria The Egyptian authorities should not be recklessly denying entry to Syrians and must provide anyone fleeing the conflict...

The Russian authorities must urgently investigate the killing of a journalist this morning in the North Caucasus, Amnesty International said today. Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev was assassinated by an...