‘President Jammeh’s comments are deeply troubling’ - Audrey Gaughran Amnesty International has called on Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh to retract his reported threat that all death row prisoners in...

Amnesty International has recruited some of Belfast's best-known statues to stage a virtual demonstration in solidarity with jailed punk group Pussy Riot. Statues and sculptures around the city staged...

Amnesty International today announced the shortlist for its annual Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, now in its ninth year, is...

In reaction to the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Amnesty International’s Ethiopia researcher Claire Beston said: “The 21 years of Meles Zenawi's rule were characterised by ever...

Amnesty International has condemned a death threat made against a Northern Ireland journalist, reportedly made by loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). The National Union...

Putin ‘has made a fool of himself’ says Fry

Amnesty International has called on the South African authorities to ensure that any investigation into the deaths of the 34 people who died after South African police opened fire at the Marikana mine...

A Russian court's decision today to find guilty members of the punk rock protest band Pussy Riot is a bitter blow for freedom of expression in the country, Amnesty International said today. Three...

Amnesty International is organising a demonstration at the Russian Embassy in Melville Street, Edinburgh, tomorrow at midday, just as the verdict in the trial of Russian singers from punk band Pussy...

*Campaigners in Pussy Riot-style clothing will hand in 10,000-signature petition to Russian authorities on eve of Friday’s trial verdict *Three ‘Pussy Riot’ look-alikes will wear trademark fluorescent...