The release of two prisoners of conscience today is a positive move, but with 20 others behind bars, it is little more than a tokenistic gesture to appease critics in the run up to the European Gam

Amnesty International is deeply saddened at news of the death of Gerry McKerr, announced today.

The Yemeni authorities must set up a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into today’s despicable killing of leading journalist and activist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, Amnes

The Bolivian government has a historic opportunity to address years of abuses under military rule, Amnesty International said ahead of a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

The authorities in Crimea have failed to investigate a series of abductions and torture of their critics, and resorted to an unrelenting campaign of intimidation to silence dissent, said Amnesty In

‘There is little or no legislation in any country that really protects our human right to privacy against indiscriminate mass surveillance’ – Salil Shetty

The sentencing today of the brother of an outspoken Azerbaijani opposition activist on trumped-up drugs charges is yet another nail in the coffin of freedom of expression in the country, Amnesty In

Attack is ‘more evidence that the Syrian government forces are committing war crimes with impunity’ - Philip Luther

The conviction and prison sentence handed down today against two managers and the owner of a bar in Burma for displaying an image of Buddha wearing headphones should be overturned immediately and i

The mass execution of 12 people in Pakistan today highlights the horrific consequences of the government’s decision to resume executions for all death row prisoners, Amnesty International sai