News that more than 50 political prisoners including prisoners of conscience U Myint Aye and Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min have been released is a further step in the right direction towards addressing arbitrary...

Congo (DRC): Tens of thousands flee homes as fighting intensifies As the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group advanced towards Goma and fighting resumed today (19 Nov) around the capital of North Kivu...

Amnesty International has responded to the announcement that the summit of leaders of the G8 industrialised nations will be held in Northern Ireland in June 2013, by saying that human rights and...

‘It’s a secret justice system straight from the pages of a Kafka novel’ - Alice Wyss Amnesty International is urging members of the House of Lords to reject secret justice measures contained in the...

Ireland must ensure that its domestic law and policy on access to abortion is in line with international human rights law, Amnesty International said today. The organisation – which has written to...

Foreign Secretary ‘must insist on practical actions not just fine words’ over opposition abuses - Kristyan Benedict As leaders of the recently-formed Syrian National Coalition meet in London today...

Pakistan’s first execution in four years is a blow to the country’s progress away from using the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. Today’s hanging by the military authorities of soldier...

Amnesty International has condemned a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq that has reportedly killed at least 14 people on the eve of the Islamic New Year. The deadliest attack took place in the northern...