Sister of Troy Davis fought long battle against cancer and the death penalty Following the announcement that Martina Davis Correia, the long-time US activist against the death penalty and sister of...

To mark International Human Rights Day (Saturday 10 December) and in celebration of Amnesty’s 50th anniversary, two events will be taking place on consecutive nights at the Human Rights Action Centre...

Amnesty International has urged London's Olympic organisers not to forget the victims of the Bhopal disaster as they award a lucrative contract for the Games to the Dow Chemical Company. Dow owns...

Amnesty International is inviting entries for its 21st annual Media Awards in 2012, a prestigious set of awards which recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to the...

More than 2,500 child offenders serving life without parole sentences Christi Cheramie clemency application to be submitted today in Louisiana The authorities in the USA must ban the imposition of...

Responding to the publication today of reports by the National Board for Safeguarding Children's rights in the Catholic Church, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty...

Responding to a decision earlier this week to commute the sentences of five United Arab Emirates activists who had been convicted of insulting UAE officials, a coalition of human rights organisations...

The two death sentences handed down in Belarus today followed a trial that has failed to meet international fair trial standards, said Amnesty International. Dzmitry Kanavalau was convicted for...

Declaring a baseless state of emergency targeting an ethnic minority and maintaining it in force for three and half years is illegal and discriminatory. Mario Monti’s cabinet must make things right...

Amnesty International has urged states to act on a UN report confirming that Syrian security forces committed crimes against humanity during their violent crackdown on demonstrators this year. The UN...