It is not plausible that countless members of the political opposition and independent journalists are engaged in terrorist activities.” The Ethiopian authorities must end their continuing crackdown...

Artwork from award-winning book to be auctioned off to raise funds for Amnesty Seven of the nation’s finest illustrators will see their work going under the hammer on 4 October at the Illustration...

Authorities in Iran must release two US nationals without delay, Amnesty International said today, amid conflicting messages on the fate of the pair after more than two years in detention. Iran’s...

The military authorities have essentially taken Egypt’s laws back to the bad old days. We fear that the security forces will interpret these amendments as a sign that they have been ‘let off the leash...

MEDIA ADVISORY - FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER BIANCA JAGGER TO TAKE MESSAGE TO US EMBASSY APPEALING FOR TROY DAVIS EXECUTION TO BE HALTED * Bianca Jagger and Amnesty chief to deliver message on Friday 16th...

Amnesty International has obtained brochures from the Defense and Security International fair (DSEi) currently taking place in London’s Docklands, which appear to clearly show illegal torture...

Authorities in Iran must release two US nationals without delay, Amnesty International said today [Weds 14 Sept], amid conflicting messages on the fate of the pair after more than two years in...

Warning about ‘brutal settling of scores’ by anti-Gaddafi forces. The National Transitional Council (NTC) must get a grip on armed anti-Gaddafi groups to stop reprisal attacks and arbitrary arrests...

Deaths in custody close to 100 since April Amnesty International has urged the Syrian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of four activists arrested last week near Damascus after the dead body of...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has officially transmitted the findings of his expert panel’s report to the Human Rights Council. The report, made public in April, finds “credible allegations” of war...