Iran must stop the execution of man who was found alive at a morgue a day after being hanged, Amnesty International urged today, after the authorities said the prisoner would be hanged for a second time once his…

Amnesty is calling for the Algerian authorities to release a blogger held for posting photos and caricatures of president and the prime minister to Facebook and for supposedly “praising terrorism”.

The arrest and detention of more than 1,200 immigrants in a sweep operation at a Moscow market yesterday is just the latest example of disproportionate and discriminatory policing in Russia, Amnesty International…

Amnesty is calling for the Algerian authorities to release a blogger held for posting photos and caricatures of president and the prime minister to Facebook and for supposedly “praising terrorism”.

Responding to today's publication of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee's report Arming the Met, Amnesty International UK’s Arms Programme Director, Oliver Sprague, said: "The report...

The deaths of hundreds of people in detention facilities run by Nigeria’s military Joint Task Force (JTF) must be investigated as a matter of urgency, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty has...

Amnesty International has described comments by Lord Dennis Rogan, praising the Sri Lankan government of President Rajapaksa after a visit to the country, as "fawning" over "a regime with blood on its...

Amnesty International expressed profound disappointment at a suspension of the police investigation into the notorious Claudy bombings as “just the latest betrayal the Claudy families have faced"...

Amnesty International is calling for a full, impartial and independent investigation into the deaths of at least 49 people after the Egyptian security forces used excessive and unwarranted lethal...

Following the announcement that The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International commented:...