A string of arrests of activists, writers, lawyers, and bloggers mainly in the Omani capital Muscat constitutes an attack on freedom of expression and assembly that must be halted, Amnesty...

On Wednesday 20 June, students and school pupils, including some as young as 13, will travel from Scotland to urge the Foreign Office Minister of the urgent need for an international legally-binding...

The High Criminal Court of Appeal in Manama has upheld the conviction of nine health professionals tried for their role in anti-government protests last year, prompting Amnesty International to call...

A Palestinian footballer who is at risk of death after more than 90 days on hunger strike in protest against his detention by Israel should immediately be admitted to a civilian hospital or released...

The inauguration of Fatou Bensouda as the second ever International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor signals a new era in international justice and the potential for a more robust approach to their...

Amnesty International paid tribute today to Labour politician and barrister Lord Archer of Sandwell QC, who died on 14 June 2012 aged 85. He was one of the human rights organization’s founding members...

In Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, on several occasions in the last week of May, Amnesty watched uniformed security forces and plain clothes shabiha militia members firing live rounds against peaceful...

World leaders must put human rights at the heart of sustainable development to stop increasing discrimination and marginalisation of some of the worlds most vulnerable communities, Amnesty...

Political leaders must act immediately and halt arms supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they continue to fuel unlawful killings, rape, looting and abductions, Amnesty...

Today (Tuesday 12 June) Amnesty International, Wave Trauma Centre and Northern Ireland Assembly members will call on Prime Minister David Cameron to publicly affirm the UK Government's commitment to...