The Turkish government is failing to protect the rights of working people, Amnesty International said today ahead of May Day as it launched a global campaign for workers’ rights in Turkey. Amnesty...

The Egyptian authorities must abolish a recent law criminalising peaceful protests and strikes, Amnesty International said ahead of tomorrow’s planned protests for International Workers’ Day in Cairo...

Authorities in Bahrain must not allow the execution of four protesters sentenced to death by a military court over the killing of two police officers in anti-government demonstrations last month...

Amnesty International has condemned a recent sharp rise in the rate of public executions in Iran - which have included the first executions of juvenile offenders in the world this year. Since the...

Amnesty International today renewed its call on US authorities to release or give fair trials to remaining Guantánamo Bay detainees, after leaked files revealed fresh details about those held at the...

Almost two years after the end of the conflict, this UN report finally exposes the Sri Lankan government’s whitewash in its efforts to deny justice to the war’s victims A United Nations report on war...

The UN Security Council must refer the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said today, amid escalating government violence against...

At least 393 people killed since protests began The Syrian government's brutal reaction to its people's demand for change has reached a new and outrageous low, Amnesty International said today, as...

At least 75 people have been killed today in Syria during mass protests, local human rights activists told Amnesty International, as the government launched its deadliest crackdown yet on...

To avoid charge of double standard, world needs to do more - Malcolm Smart Bahrain’s allies must take stronger action to address the rapidly worsening human rights crisis in the small but strategic...