Move by US authorities welcomed after pattern of harassment revealed The US authorities’ arrest of a man accused of spying on Syrian activists in the country has been welcomed by Amnesty International...

Captured Gaddafi soldiers, suspected loyalists and alleged mercenaries being tortured into ‘confessing’ to pro-Gaddafi crimes The new authorities in Libya must stamp out arbitrary detention and...

The Indonesian authorities must immediately investigate the use of deadly force by police at a mining protest, Amnesty International said today after one protester was killed and at least six injured...

The Indonesian authorities must immediately investigate the use of deadly force by police at a mining protest, Amnesty International said today after one protester was killed and at least six injured...

Seven of the nation’s finest illustrators have put their artwork up for auction with all proceeds going to Amnesty International. They are John Burningham, Polly Dunbar, Chris Riddell, Satoshi...

A former Ukrainian prime minister jailed today for abuse of office must be released, Amnesty International said. Yuliya Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and barred from holding...

Pupils from Eastlea Community School in Newham took centre stage at a prestigious event at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London yesterday to mark the World Day Against the Death...

Amnesty International has slammed the government’s proposed review of the case files in the killing of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, announced today. In the more than 20 years since Patrick...

Amnesty International UK today formally launched the 2012 Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The competition is open to students aged 7 to 18 from across the UK and is split into...

Amnesty International is calling for an investigation after dozens of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights were reportedly injured in Yemen’s second-largest city yesterday when...