The announcement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that it will stop kidnapping for ransom is a positive but insufficient first step, said Amnesty International today. The...

THE PUBLIC CAN NOW VOTE WHICH ’15 SECOND STAR’ WILL PERFORM ON STAGE IN NEW YORK The final five up-and-coming acts competing for the chance to perform the gig of their life at this year’s Secret...

*Organisation has names of 465 people killed in last 17 days *UN findings support need for ICC referral Humanitarian aid agencies must be allowed immediate and unhindered access to Homs and other...

Authorities in Cuba are preventing members of the Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's organisation “Ladies in White” from entering a building in downtown Havana for an event...

‘This is the first reported case of journalists being detained for published material in Tunisia following the uprising a year ago’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Tunisian authorities should drop...

The London Conference on Somalia has not adequately tackled the dire human rights situation in the country which is threatening the lives of civilians including Children's rights, Amnesty...

*Conflict displacing 400 people a day as conflict escalates *Aid agencies prevented from assisting as authorities pretend there is no crisis Half a million Afghans who have fled fighting have been...

Driver was beaten and humiliated during detention The release of an Egyptian activist after a year in prison stands as a stark reminder that military courts cannot deliver justice to civilians, said...

"One of the gravest human rights violations in independent Slovenia" - Nicola Duckworth The Slovenian authorities must restore the legal status of thousands of people who were removed from the...

School teacher arrested after talking to BBC Arabic The trial of a Saudi Arabian school teacher arrested nearly a year ago after he arrived to demonstrate on a “Day of Rage” in Riyadh is an affront to...